ἘΚΟΛΑΦΙΣΑΝ, ἐκολαφισαν
EKOLAPHISAN, ekolaphisan
Sounds Like: eh-ko-LA-phi-san
Translations: they struck with fists, they beat, they punched
From the root: ΚΟΛΑΦΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of striking someone with a closed fist, often implying a forceful or violent blow. It is used to describe physical assault or mistreatment. In a sentence, it would typically be used to describe a group of people performing this action on someone else.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G2852 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 26:67
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΟΛΑΦΙΖΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΕΚΟΛΑΦΙΣΑΝ — they struck with the fist, they beat, they buffeted, they slapped
- ΚΟΛΑΒΡΙΣΘΙΗΣΑΝ — they were struck, they were buffeted, they were beaten, they were slapped
- ΚΟΛΑΦΙΖΕΙΝ — to strike with the fist, to buffet, to beat, to slap
- ΚΟΛΑΦΙΖΕΝ — to strike with the fist, to buffet, to beat, to slap
- ΚΟΛΑΦΙΖΗ — to strike with the fist, to buffet, to mistreat, to abuse
- ΚΟΛΑΦΙΖΟΜΕΘΑ — we are struck, we are buffeted, we are beaten
- ΚΟΛΑΦΙΖΟΜΕΝΟΙ — being struck, being beaten, being buffeted, being slapped
- ΚΟΛΑΦΙΖΩ — to strike with the fist, to buffet, to beat, to slap
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