Strong’s G3148 · Greek
μάστιξ
mástix · mas'-tix
Origin probably from the base of μασσάομαι (G3145) (through the idea of contact);
Meaning a whip (literally, the Roman flagellum for criminals; figuratively, a disease)
In the King James Version plague, scourging.
In 6 verses of the King James Version
- Mark 3:10For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
- Mark 5:29And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.
- Mark 5:34And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
- Luke 7:21And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.
- Acts 22:24The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.
- Hebrews 11:36And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.