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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 Box 1Ki 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:11 - ‘So now, my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 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, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:11 - ‘So now my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:14 - and he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “[fn]My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:21 -

“You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue,

And you will not be afraid of devastation when it comes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:9 -

Their houses are safe from dread,

And the rod of God is not on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:10 -

Many are the sorrows of the wicked,

But he who trusts in Yahweh, lovingkindness shall surround him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:15 -

But at my [fn]stumbling they were glad and gathered themselves together;

The [fn]smiters whom I did not know gathered together against me,

They tore at me and never were silent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:17 -

For I am ready to fall,

And my [fn]sorrow is continually before me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:10 -

“Remove Your plague from me;

Because of the opposition of Your hand I am wasting away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:4 -

For there are no pains in their death,

And their [fn]body is fat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:32 -

Then I will punish their transgression with the rod

And their iniquity with striking.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:10 -

No evil will befall you,

And no plague will come near your [fn]tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:29 -

[fn]Judgments are established for scoffers,

And beatings for the back of fools.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:3 -

A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,

And a rod for the back of fools.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:6 -

I gave My back to those who strike Me,

And My cheeks to those who pluck out the beard;

I did not hide My face from dishonor and spitting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:7 -

“Like a well [fn]keeps its waters fresh,

So she [fn]keeps fresh her evil.

Violence and devastation are heard in her;

Sickness and wounds are continually before Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:2 -

The sound of the whip,

And the sound of the rumbling of the wheel,

Galloping horses,

And [fn]bounding chariots!

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