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a whip, scourge Original Word: μάστιξTransliteration: mastix Phonetic Spelling: (mas'-tix) Short Definition: plague
of uncertain origin Definition a whip, scourge NASB Word Usage affliction (2), afflictions (2), scourging (1), scourgings (1). NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation All rights reserved Lockman.org
Probably from the base of massaomai (through the idea of contact); a whip (literally, the Roman flagellum for criminals; figuratively, a disease) -- plague, scourging. see GREEK massaomai μάστιγας (mastigas) − 1 Occurrence μάστιγος (mastigos) − 2 Occurrences μαστίγων (mastigōn) − 2 Occurrences μάστιξιν (mastixin) − 1 Occurrence
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