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Lexicon :: Strong's G2008 - epitimaō

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ἐπιτιμάω
Transliteration
epitimaō (Key)
Pronunciation
ep-ee-tee-mah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:623,249

Trench's Synonyms: iv. ἐπιτιμάω, ἐλέγχω (αἰτία, ἔλεγχος).

Strong’s Definitions

ἐπιτιμάω epitimáō, ep-ee-tee-mah'-o; from G1909 and G5091; to tax upon, i.e. censure or admonish; by implication, forbid:—(straitly) charge, rebuke.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x

The KJV translates Strong's G2008 in the following manner: rebuke (24x), charge (4x), straightly charge (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x
The KJV translates Strong's G2008 in the following manner: rebuke (24x), charge (4x), straightly charge (1x).

  1. to show honour to, to honour

  2. to raise the price of

  3. to adjudge, award, in the sense of merited penalty

  4. to tax with fault, rate, chide, rebuke, reprove, censure severely

    1. to admonish or charge sharply

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐπιτιμάω epitimáō, ep-ee-tee-mah'-o; from G1909 and G5091; to tax upon, i.e. censure or admonish; by implication, forbid:—(straitly) charge, rebuke.
STRONGS G2008:
ἐπιτιμάω, ἐπιτίμω; imperfect 3 person singular ἐπετίμα, 3 person plural ἐπετίμων; 1 aorist ἐπετίμησα; the Sept. for גָּעַר; in Greek writings
1. to show honor to, to honor: τινα, Herodotus 6, 39.
2. to raise the price of: ὁ σῖτος ἐπετιμηθη, Demosthenes 918, 22; others.
3. to adjudge, award (from τιμή in the sense of merited penalty): τήν δίκην, Herodotus 4, 43.
4. to tax with fault, rate, chide, rebuke, reprove, censure severely, (so Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato, Demosthenes, others): absolutely, 2 Timothy 4:2; τίνι, charge one with wrong, Luke (Luke 9:55); Luke 17:3; 23:40; to rebuke — in order to curb one's ferocity or violence (hence, many formerly gave the word the meaning to restrain; against whom cf. Fritzsche on Matthew, p. 325), Matthew 8:26; Matthew 17:18; Mark 4:39; Luke 4:39, 41; Luke 8:24; Luke 9:42; Jude 1:9 (where Rec.elz strangely ἐπιτιμήσαι (1 aorist active infinitive) for ἐπιτιμμησαι (optative 3 person singular)); or to keep one away from another, Matthew 19:13; Luke 18:15; Mark 10:13; followed by ἵνα (with a verb expressing the opposite of what is censured): Matthew 20:31; Mark 10:48; Luke 18:39; with the addition of λέγων (καί λέγει, or the like) and direct discourse: Mark 1:25 (T omits; WH brackets λέγων); Mark 8:33; 9:25; Luke 4:35; Luke 23:40 (cf. Psalm 105:9 (Ps. 106:9); Psalm 118:21 (Ps. 119:21); Zechariah 3:2; and the use of גָּעַר in Nahum 1:4; Malachi 3:11). Elsewhere in a milder sense, to admonish or charge sharply: τίνι, Matthew 16:22; Mark 8:30; Luke 9:21 (ἐπιτιμήσας αὐτοῖς παρήγγειλεν, followed by the infinitive), Luke 19:39; with ἵνα added, Matthew 16:20 L WH text; Mark 8:30; ἵνα μή, Matthew 12:16; Mark 3:12. (Cf. Trench, § iv; Schmidt, chapter 4, 11.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
105:9; 106:9; 118:21; 119:21
Nahum
1:4
Zechariah
3:2
Malachi
3:11
Matthew
8:26; 12:16; 16:20; 16:22; 17:18; 19:13; 20:31
Mark
1:25; 3:12; 4:39; 8:30; 8:30; 8:33; 9:25; 10:13; 10:48
Luke
4:35; 4:39; 4:41; 8:24; 9:21; 9:42; 9:55; 17:3; 18:15; 18:39; 19:39; 23:40; 23:40
2 Timothy
4:2
Jude
1:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2008 matches the Greek ἐπιτιμάω (epitimaō),
which occurs 8 times in 7 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:10 - This time he told the dream to his father as well as to his brothers, but his father scolded him. “What kind of dream is that?” he asked. “Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow to the ground before you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:16 - And pull out some heads of barley from the bundles and drop them on purpose for her. Let her pick them up, and don’t give her a hard time!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:5 - You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked;
you have erased their names forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:30 - Rebuke these enemy nations—
these wild animals lurking in the reeds,
this herd of bulls among the weaker calves.
Make them bring bars of silver in humble tribute.
Scatter the nations that delight in war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:9 - He commanded the Red Sea[fn] to dry up.
He led Israel across the sea as if it were a desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:21 - You rebuke the arrogant;
those who wander from your commands are cursed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:2 - And the LORD said to Satan, “I, the LORD, reject your accusations, Satan. Yes, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you. This man is like a burning stick that has been snatched from the fire.”
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