to punish

Greek Verb

κολάζω (κόλος, docked), [in LXX: Dan.6:12 (13) (no Heb.), I Est.8:24, Wis.3:4 (and freq.), 1Ma.7:7, al;] 1) to curtail, dock, prune. 2) to check, restrain. 3) to chastise, correct, punish: pass, 2Pe.2:9; mid, cause to be punished (3Ma.7:3): Act.4:21. (AS)

to punish

Greek Verb

κολάζω, future κολάσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐκόλασα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, future κολάσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; twice contraction in [Refs 5th c.BC+], 2nd pers. singular κολᾷ [Refs], participle κολωμένους [Refs]: aorist ἐκολασάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, future -ασθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐκολάσθην [Refs]: perfect κεκόλασμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—check, chastise, τὰς ἐπιθυμίας [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be corrected, τὸ ἐν μέλιτι χολῶδες -άζεται [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect participle passive, chastened, εὐπειθὲς καὶ κεκολ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ῥήτωρ κεκ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also of an athlete, ἀπέριττος τὰ μυώδη καὶ μὴ κεκ. [Refs] 2) chastise, punish, τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ σέμν᾽ ἔπη κόλαζ᾽ ἐκείνους use your proud words in reproving them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πληγαῖς, τιμωρίαις, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, get a person punished, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be punished, etc, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of divine retribution, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; suffer injury, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 3) of a drastic method of checking the growth of the almond-tree, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs] 4) passive with genitive, to be badly in need of, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

Greek

Verb

properly, to curtail, i.e. (figuratively) to chastise (or reserve for infliction); punish; from (dwarf)