What does ῥαβδίζω (rhabdízō) mean in the Bible?
ῥαβδίζω (rhabdízō): Physical beating inflicted as punishment or mob violence, distinct from gentler striking
Greek · G4463
ῥαβδίζω
To beat with a rod
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ῥαβδίζω G4463
Pronunciation rhabdízō
What does ῥαβδίζω (rhabdízō) mean in the Bible?
ῥαβδίζω (rhabdízō): Physical beating inflicted as punishment or mob violence, distinct from gentler striking
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4463?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [and] beaten with rods (1), I was beaten with rods (1).
Where does ῥαβδίζω (rhabdízō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 16:22. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (1), Acts (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 [and] beaten with rods 1× Acts 16:22
I was beaten with rods 1× 2 Corinthians 11:25
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Usage map
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First aligned row Acts 16:22
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Acts 1 2 Corinthians 1
Source forms
ἐραβδίσθην 1x erabdisthēn 2 Corinthians 11:25
ῥαβδίζειν 1x rhabdizein Acts 16:22
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 1st Person Singular 1x 2 Corinthians 11:25
Verb - Present Infinitive Active 1x Acts 16:22
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Physical beating inflicted as punishment or mob violence, distinct from gentler striking
Strong's G4463
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Acts 16:22 Source Gloss
to beat with a rod
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 16:22 Verb Present Active Infinitive
ῥαβδίζειν. rabdizein
I beat with rods, scourge
Read verse 2 Corinthians 11:25 Verb First Person Singular Aorist Passive Indicative
ἐρραβδίσθην, errabdisqhn
I beat with rods, scourge
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 mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 2 Tenses Present, Aorist Voices Active, Passive
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Present Active Acts 16:22 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Aorist Passive 2 Cor 11:25 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 1 present 1
Voice
passive 1 active 1
Mood
indicative 1 infinitive 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
Roman magistrates ordering physical beating with rods as punishment
Paul recounting three times he was struck with rods by authorities
Word Origins
ῥαβδίζω is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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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