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κολαφίζω

MainId: 002867000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: False

AlphaPos: κ

StrongCodes: G2852

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 002867001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: verb

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 002867001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 19.7

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Physical Impact

      LEXSubDomains: Hit, Strike

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-10-14 11:31:54

         DefinitionShort: to strike or beat with the fist, either once or repeatedly

         Glosses: ['to strike with the fist', 'to beat with the fist']

      LEXReferences: MAT 26:67, MARK 14:65, 1COR 4:11, 1PET 2:20

   2. LEXID: 002867001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 20.27

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill

      LEXSubDomains: Harm, Wound

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-10-14 11:31:54

         DefinitionShort: (a figurative extension of meaning of {L:κολαφίζω}[a] ‘to beat with the fist,’ {D:19.7}) to cause injury or weakness or possibly a circumstantial difficulty

         Glosses: to cause harm to

         Comments: Though differences of interpretation exist concerning the meaning of ‘a thorn in my flesh’ ({S:04701200700038}), especially since some scholars have felt that this must refer to some kind of physical disability, it seems more likely to assume that it refers to some special personal circumstance such as the opposition Paul encountered in preaching the gospel, a reference suggested by {S:04701201000000} (see also {D:22.20}).|Without some clear understanding of the reference of ‘a thorn in my flesh,’ it is difficult to determine precisely how κολαφίζω is to be interpreted in {S:04701200700038}.

      LEXReferences: 1COR 4:11, 2COR 12:7