What does μάστιξ (mástix) mean in the Bible?
μάστιξ (mástix): Physical instrument of punishment or divine affliction understood as corrective discipline
Greek · G3148
μάστιξ
A whip (literally, the Roman flagellum for criminals; figuratively, a disease)
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μάστιξ G3148
Pronunciation mástix
What does μάστιξ (mástix) mean in the Bible?
μάστιξ (mástix): Physical instrument of punishment or divine affliction understood as corrective discipline
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3148?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include affliction (2), afflictions (1), be flogged (1), diseases (1), flogging (1).
Where does μάστιξ (mástix) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 3:10. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (3), Acts (1), Hebrews (1), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It affliction 2× Mark 5:29, Mark 5:34
afflictions 1× Luke 7:21
be flogged 1× Acts 22:24
diseases 1× Mark 3:10
flogging 1× Hebrews 11:36
Show sample aligned rows
Mark 3:10 μάστιγας to diseases Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Mark 5:29 μάστιγος to affliction Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Mark 5:34 μάστιγός to affliction Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Luke 7:21 μαστίγων to afflictions Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural Acts 22:24 μάστιξιν to be flogged Noun - Dative Feminine Plural Hebrews 11:36 μαστίγων to flogging Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 3:10
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 4
Mark 3 Luke 1 Acts 1 Hebrews 1
Source forms
μαστίγων 2x mastigōn Luke 7:21, Hebrews 11:36
μάστιγας 1x mastigas Mark 3:10
μάστιγος 1x mastigos Mark 5:29
μάστιγός 1x mastigos Mark 5:34
μάστιξιν 1x mastixin Acts 22:24
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural 2x Luke 7:21, Hebrews 11:36
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 2x Mark 5:29, Mark 5:34
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 1x Mark 3:10
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural 1x Acts 22:24
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Physical instrument of punishment or divine affliction understood as corrective discipline
Strong's G3148
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 4 forms 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Mark 3:10 Source Gloss
a whip (literally, the Roman flagellum for criminals; figuratively, a disease)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Physical instrument of punishment or divine affliction understood as corrective discipline
a whip, scourge: Act.22:24, Heb.11:36; metaphorically, of disease or suffering as a divine chastisement (cf. Psa.89:33, Pro.3:12, 2Ma.9:11), Mrk.3:10 5:29, 34, Luk.7:21
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 3:10 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
μάστιγας. mastigav
a scourge, lash, sufferings
Read verse Mark 5:29 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
μάστιγος. mastigov
a scourge, lash, sufferings
Read verse Mark 5:34 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
μάστιγός mastigov
a scourge, lash, sufferings
Read verse Luke 7:21 Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
μαστίγων mastigwn
a scourge, lash, sufferings
Read verse Acts 22:24 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
μάστιξιν mastixin
a scourge, lash, sufferings
Read verse Hebrews 11:36 Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
μαστίγων mastigwn
a scourge, lash, sufferings
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Genitive (4) Number pattern Plural (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Mark 5:29 · Mark 5:34 2×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Luke 7:21 · Heb 11:36 2×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Acts 22:24 1×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Mark 3:10 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Disease or affliction as divine punishment affecting many people
Chronic suffering or disease from which a woman seeks healing
Physical punishment and suffering endured by faithful martyrs
Literal whip, the Roman flagellum used for criminal punishment
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 6 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
μάστιξ is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain