Quick Definition
I strike with the fist, maltreat
Strong's Definition
to rap with the fist
Derivation: from a derivative of the base of G2849 (κολάζω);
KJV Usage: buffet
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κολαφίζω; 1 aorist ἐκολαφισα; present passive κολαφίζομαι; (κόλαφος a fist, and this from κολάπτω to peck, strike); to strike with the fist, give one a blow with the fist (Terence, colaphum infringo, Quintfl. col. duco) (A. V. to buffet): τινα, Mat_26:67; Mar_14:65; as a specific term for a general, equivalent to to maltreat, treat with violence and contumely, 2Co_12:7; present passive, 1Co_4:11; 1Pe_2:20. (Elsewhere only in ecclesiastical writings.) The word is fully discussed by Fischer, De vitiis lexamples N. T. etc., p. 67ff; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 175f.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κολαφίζω kolaphizō 5x
to beat with the fist, buffet, Mat_26:67 ; Mar_14:65 ;
met. to maltreat, treat with excessive force, 1Co_4:11 ;
to punish, 1Pe_2:20 ;
to buffet, fret, afflict, 2Co_12:7
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† κολαφίζω
( < κόλαφος = Att. ., κόνδυλοι , the knuckles, the closed fist ),
to strike with the fist, to buffet: Mat_26:67 , Mar_14:65 , 2Co_12:7 ; pass ., 1Co_4:11 , 1Pe_2:20 .†
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
κολαφίζω κολα^φίζω, φυτ. -σω "to buffet", NTest. [Etym: from κόλαφος]
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κολαφίζω
(κόλαφος = Att.., κόνδυλοι, the knuckles, the closed fist)
to strike with the fist, to buffet: Mat.26:67, Mrk.14:65, 2Co.12:7; pass., 1Co.4:11, 1Pe.2:20.†
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📖 In-Depth Word Study
Beat (buffet, harshly treat) (2852) kolaphizo
Harshly treated (2852) (kolaphizo from kolaphos = the knuckles or a closed fist and kolapto = to strike) means to beat or strike with the fist. To strike with clenched hand. Figuratively it means to cause harm, treat roughly or harshly (1Cor 4:11).
Kolaphizo is in the present tense indicating continuous action, signifying that it was the habit of the "crooked" masters to "continually pummel" their slaves, the slave's only offense being that they had lived Christ-like lives which were used by the Holy Spirit to convict the harsh taskmasters of sin.
Kolaphizo is used in (Mt 26:67; Mk 14:65) to describe the beating of our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ by the frenzied Jewish mob!
Matthew 26:67 Then they spat in His face and beat Him with their fists; and others slapped Him,
Mark 14:65 And some began to spit at Him, and to blindfold Him, and to beat Him with their fists, and to say to Him, "Prophesy!" And the officers received Him with slaps in the face.
1 Corinthians 4:11 To this present hour we are both hungry and thirsty, and are poorly clothed, and are roughly treated, and are homeless;
2 Corinthians 12:7 And because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me-- to keep me from exalting myself!
1 Peter 2:20 For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God.
The prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 52:14) paints a vivid picture of our Lord's condition after the being beaten (kolaphizo in Mt 26:67, Mk 14:65). The literal rendering of this verse (Isaiah 52:14) according to Hebrew scholars is
So marred from the form of man was His aspect that His appearance was not that of a Son of man,”
In other words, Isaiah is saying He was so marred that He almost did not even appear to be human! Peter may have been comparing the beating slaves often received with that which our Lord experienced and in the next verse he begins to describe His example to motivate his readers.
YOU ENDURE IT WITH PATIENCE: hupomeneite (2PFAI): (Click Torrey's Topic "Patience")