Strong’s G5097 · Greek
τιμωρέω
timōréō · tim-o-reh'-o
Origin from a comparative of τιμή (G5092) and οὖρος ouros (a guard);
Meaning properly, to protect one's honor, i.e. to avenge (inflict a penalty)
In the King James Version punish.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Acts 22:5As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.
- Acts 26:11And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
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.