Cognate: 2852 kolaphízō (from kolaphos "a blow from the fist") – properly, to strike with the fist (literally "knuckles"); to hit hard "with the knuckles, to make the blow sting and crush . . . in 2 Cor 12:7 the idea is striking with something sharp and painful, sticking deeply in the flesh so it remains there" (R. Lenski).

STRONGS NT 2852: κολαφίζω

κολαφίζω; 1 aorist ἐκολαφισα; present passive κολαφίζομαι; (κόλαφος a fist, and this from κολάπτω to peck, strike); to strike with the fist, give one a blow with the fist (Terence, colaphum infringo, Quintfl. col. duco) (A. V. to buffet): τινα, Matthew 26:67; Mark 14:65; as a specific term for a general, equivalent to to maltreat, treat with violence and contumely, 2 Corinthians 12:7; present passive, 1 Corinthians 4:11; 1 Peter 2:20. (Elsewhere only in ecclesiastical writings.) The word is fully discussed by Fischer, De vitiis lexamples N. T. etc., p. 67ff; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 175f.



buffet, strike, treat roughly

From a derivative of the base of kolazo; to rap with the fist -- buffet.

see GREEK kolazo

εκολαφισαν εκολάφισαν ἐκολάφισαν κολαφιζειν κολαφίζειν κολαφιζη κολαφίζῃ κολαφιζομεθα κολαφιζόμεθα κολαφιζομενοι κολαφιζόμενοι κολεόν κολεού κολέω κουλεόν κουλεού ekolaphisan ekoláphisan kolaphize kolaphizē kolaphízei kolaphízēi kolaphizein kolaphízein kolaphizomenoi kolaphizómenoi kolaphizometha kolaphizómetha