Definition
τιμωρέω, -ῶ
(τιμή + οὖρος, a guardian) [in LXX: Ezekiel 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, Acts 22:5; 26:11 (see MM, xxiv).
Usage patterns
Occurrences
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- Acts 22:5τιμωρηθῶσιν · be punished…as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.
- Acts 26:11τιμωρῶν · I frequently had them punishedI frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.