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Lexicon :: Strong's G5178 - tympanizō

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τυμπανίζω
Transliteration
tympanizō (Key)
Pronunciation
toom-pan-id'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of τύπτω (G5180) (meaning a drum, "tympanum")
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s)
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1x in 1 unique form(s)
LXX
1x in 1 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

τυμπανίζω tympanízō, toom-pan-id'-zo; from a derivative of G5180 (meaning a drum, "tympanum"); to stretch on an instrument of torture resembling a drum, and thus beat to death:—torture.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G5178 in the following manner: torture (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G5178 in the following manner: torture (1x).
  1. to beat the drum or timbrel

  2. to torture with the tympanum, an instrument of punishment

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
τυμπανίζω tympanízō, toom-pan-id'-zo; from a derivative of G5180 (meaning a drum, "tympanum"); to stretch on an instrument of torture resembling a drum, and thus beat to death:—torture.
STRONGS G5178:
τυμπανίζω: (τύμπανον);
1. to beat the drum or timbrel.
2. to torture with the tympanum, an instrument of punishment: ἐτυμπανίσθησαν (Vulg.distenti sunt), Hebrews 11:35 (R. V. were tortured (with margin, Or, beaten to death)) (Plutarch, mor., p. 60 a.; joined with ἀνασκολοπίζεσθαι, Lucian, Jup. trag. 19); the tympanum seems to have been a wheel-shaped instrument of torture, over which criminals were stretched as though they were skins, and then horribly beaten with clubs or thongs (cf. our 'to break upon the wheel'; see English Dicts. under the word ); cf. (Bleek on Heb. as above); Grimm on 2 Macc. 6:19f
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Hebrews
11:35

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Strong's Number G5178 matches the Greek τυμπανίζω (tympanizō),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:35 - Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life.
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