μάστιξ
mástix
“a whip (literally, the Roman flagellum for criminals; figuratively, a disease)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
a whip (literally, the Roman flagellum for criminals; figuratively, a disease)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
a scourge, whip, Acts 22:24; Heb. 11:36; met. a scourge of disease, Mk. 3:10; 5:29, 34; Lk. 7:21*
Translated in KJV as
plaguescourging
Etymology
probably from the base of G3145 (μασσάομαι) (through the idea of contact);
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