τιμωρέω, τιμώρω; 1 aorist passive ἐτιμωρήθην; (from τιμωρός, and this from τιμή and οὐρός, see θυρωρός); from Sophocles and Herodotus down; properly, to be a guardian or avenger of honor; hence, 1. to succor, come to the help of:τίνι, one, Sophocles, Herodotus, Thucydides, others, 2. to avenge: τίνι, one, Herodotus, Xenophon, others. 3. in the N. T. τιμώρω τινα, to take vengeance on one, to punish: Act_22:5; Act_26:11 (Sophocles O. R. 107; in Greek writings the middle is more common in this sense).

τιμωρέω timōreō 2x to avenge, someone; in NT to punish, Act_22:5 ; Act_26:11

τιμωρέω , -ῶ , ( < τιμή + οὖρος , a guardian ), [in LXX : Eze_5:17 ; Eze_14:15 ( H7921 pi ), Wis_12:20 ; Wis_18:8 , al. ;] 1. to help. 2. to avenge; mid ., to avenge oneself on, punish ( Hdt ., Eur ., al ): act, in this sense, Act_22:5 ; Act_26:11 ( v. MM , xxiv).†

τιμωρέω [page 636] For the usage of this verb avenge oneself on, punish, as in Act_22:5 ; Act_26:11 , cf. P Oxy I. 34 iii. 14 (A.D. 127) τοὺς παραβάντας καὶ τοὺ [ς ] διὰ ἀπειθίαν κ [αὶ ] ὡς ἀφορμὴν ζητοῦντας ἁμαρτημάτω [ν ] τειμωρήσομαι , any persons who violate it, whether from mere disobedience or to serve their own nefarious purposes, will receive condign punishment (Edd.), and Syll 326 (= .3 709) .42 ( c . B.C. 107) τοὺς δὲ αἰτίους τῆς ἐπαναστάσεο [ς ] τιμωρησάμενος . In P Ryl II. 62 .10 (iii/A.D.), a translation from an unknown Latin author, we have ἀγρυπνεῖται καὶ κολάζεται [καὶ τι ]μωρεῖται καὶ παρηγορεῖται . The adj. from which the verb is derived may be quoted from Syll 810 (= .3 1176) .7 εἰ δέ τι ἑκὼν ἐξαμ [αρτήσει ], οὐκ ἐμὸν ἐπαρά [σασθαι ], δίκη δὲ ἐπικρέματα [ί σοι ] τιμωρὸς ἀπελθόν [τι ] ἀπειθὴς Νεμέσε [ως ], the inexorable avenging justice of Nemesis.

τιμωρέω [Etym: τιμωρός] "to help, aid, succour", τινί Hdt. , Soph. , etc.:—absol. "to lend aid, give succour", Hdt. "to assist one who has suffered wrong, to avenge" him, c. dat., id=Hdt. :—so in Mid., Soph. , Eur. :—in full construction "the person avenged" is in dat., "the person on whom vengeance is taken" in acc., and "the crime avenged" in gen., τιμωρεῖν τινι τοῦ παιδὸς τὸν φονέα "to avenge" him "on" the murderer "for" [the murder of] his son, Xen. :—also, c. acc. rei, τ. τὸν φόνον "to avenge" his slaughter, Plat. :—Pass. "to be visited with vengeance", id=Soph. , etc.; impers., τετιμώρηται τῶι Λεωνίδηι "vengeance has been taken" for him, he has been avenged, Hdt. τιμωρεῖν τινά "to take vengeance" on him, Soph. :—in Mid. "to exact vengeance from, visit with punishment", τινά Hdt. , attic; Ἑαυτὸν τιμωρούμενος "Self-tormentor", name of a play by Menander:—c. gen. rei, τιμωρεῖσθαί τινά τινος "to take vengeance on" one "for" a thing, Hdt. , attic:—so, also, τ. τινὰ ἀντί τινος Hdt. : —c. acc. rei, σ᾽ ἀδελφῆς αἷμα τιμωρήσεται "will visit" thy sister's blood "on" thee, Eur. in Mid. also absol. "to avenge oneself, seek vengeance", Hdt. , Xen. , etc.; τὸ τιμωρησόμενον "the probability of vengeance", Dem. ; ἐς Λεωνίδεα τετιμωρήσεαι "thou wilt have vengeance taken" in respect to Leonidas, Hdt.

τιμωρέω, -ῶ (τιμή + οὖρος, a guardian) [in LXX: Eze.5:17 14:15 (שָׁכֹל pi), Wis.12:20 18:8, al. ;] __1. to help. __2. to avenge; mid., to avenge oneself on, punish (Hdt., Eur., al): act, in this sense, Act.22:5 26:11 (see MM, xxiv).† (AS)