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#5178 τυμπανίζω tumpanizo {toom-pan-id'-zo}
from a derivative of G5180 (meaning a drum, "tympanum"); TDNT - n/a; v
—Greek Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar)
1) to beat the drum or timbrel
2) to torture with the tympanum, an instrument of punishment
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 "break upon the wheel")
—Thayer's (New Testament Greek-English Lexicon)
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.
—Strong's (Greek Dictionary of the New Testament)
- #5178.
- τυμπανι´ζω
- tumpanizō; from τυ´μπανον tumpanon (a kettle drum); to beat a drum, to torture by beating:—
- NASB - tortured(1).
—NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries
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AV - torture 1; 1
- tortured
- Hebrews 11:35.
—Exhaustive Concordance (KJV Translation Frequency & Location)
