What does φραγελλόω (phragellóō) mean in the Bible?
φραγελλόω (phragellóō): Roman judicial whipping instrument; specifically Christ's crucifixion preparation torture in Gospel accounts.
Greek · G5417
φραγελλόω
To whip
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φραγελλόω G5417
Pronunciation phragellóō
What does φραγελλόω (phragellóō) mean in the Bible?
φραγελλόω (phragellóō): Roman judicial whipping instrument; specifically Christ's crucifixion preparation torture in Gospel accounts.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5417?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include flogged (1), he had Jesus flogged (1).
Where does φραγελλόω (phragellóō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 27:26. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (1), Matthew (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 flogged 1× Mark 15:15
he had Jesus flogged 1× Matthew 27:26
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Usage map
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First aligned row Matthew 27:26
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Mark 1
Source forms
φραγελλώσας 2x phragellōsas Matthew 27:26, Mark 15:15
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 2x Matthew 27:26, Mark 15:15
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Roman judicial whipping instrument; specifically Christ's crucifixion preparation torture in Gospel accounts.
Strong's G5417
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to whip
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.
Matthew 27:26 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
φραγελλώσας fragellwsav
I flagellate, scourge
Read verse Mark 15:15 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
φραγελλώσας, fragellwsav
I flagellate, 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 1 Aligned forms 2 Tenses Aorist Voices Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 2×
Aorist Active Matt 27:26 · Mark 15:15 2×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 2
Voice
active 2
Mood
participle 2
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)
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Mark 15:1–15 φραγελλόω phragellóō
to scourge; to flog
Showing 1 selected witness from 2 lexical occurrence verses.
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