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Lexicon :: Strong's G3148 - mastix

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μάστιξ
Transliteration
mastix (Key)
Pronunciation
mas'-tix
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from the base of μασάομαι (G3145) (through the idea of contact)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:518,571

Strong’s Definitions

μάστιξ mástix, mas'-tix; probably from the base of G3145 (through the idea of contact); a whip (literally, the Roman flagellum for criminals; figuratively, a disease):—plague, scourging.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G3148 in the following manner: plague (4x), scourging (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G3148 in the following manner: plague (4x), scourging (2x).

  1. a whip, scourge

  2. metaph. a scourge, plague

    1. a calamity, misfortune, esp. sent by God to discipline or punish

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μάστιξ mástix, mas'-tix; probably from the base of G3145 (through the idea of contact); a whip (literally, the Roman flagellum for criminals; figuratively, a disease):—plague, scourging.
STRONGS G3148:
μάστιξ, μαστιχος, ἡ, a whip, scourge (for שׁוט, 1 Kings 12:11, 14; Proverbs 26:3): Acts 22:21; Hebrews 11:36; metaphorically, a scourge, plague, i. e. a calamity, misfortune, especially as sent by God to discipline or punish (Psalm 88:33 (Ps. 89:33); with Διός added, Homer, Iliad 12, 37; 13, 812; Θεοῦ, Aeschylus sept. 607): of distressing bodily diseases, Mark 3:10; Mark 5:29, 34; Luke 7:21; 2 Macc. 9:11.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Kings
12:11; 12:14
Psalms
89:33
Proverbs
26:3
Mark
3:10; 5:29; 5:34
Luke
2; 7:21
Acts
22:21
Hebrews
11:36

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3148 matches the Greek μάστιξ (mastix),
which occurs 18 times in 18 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:11 - And [fn]whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I also will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:14 - And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:11 - And whereas my father chastised you with a heavy yoke, I will also add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, and I will chastise you with scorpions.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:14 - and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:21 - He shall hide thee from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not be afraid of coming evils.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:9 - Their houses are prosperous, neither have they any where cause for fear, neither is there a scourge from the Lord upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:10 - (LXX 31:10) Many are the scourges of the sinner: but him that hopes in the Lord mercy shall compass about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:15 - (LXX 34:15) Yet they rejoiced against me, and plagues were [fn]plentifully brought against me, and I knew it not: they were scattered, but [fn]repented not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:17 - (LXX 37:18) For I am ready for [fn]plagues, and my grief is continually before me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:10 - (LXX 38:11) Remove thy scourges from me: I have fainted by reason of the strength of thine hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:4 - (LXX 72:4) For there is no sign of reluctance in their death: and they have firmness under their affliction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:32 - (LXX 88:33) I will visit their transgressions with a rod, and their sins with scourges.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:10 - (LXX 90:10) No evils shall come upon thee, and no scourge shall draw nigh to thy dwelling.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:29 - Scourges are preparing for the intemperate, and punishments likewise for fools.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:3 - As a whip for a horse, and a goad for an ass, so is a rod for a simple nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:6 - I gave my back to scourges, and my cheeks to blows; and I turned not away my face from the shame of spitting:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:7 - As a cistern cools water, so her wickedness cools her, ungodliness and misery shall be heard in her, as continually before her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:2 - The noise of whips, and the noise of the rumbling of wheels, and of the pursuing horse, and of the bounding chariot,
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