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Strong's G3146 μαστιγόω (mastigoo)

Mastigoo means “scourge” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3146 — yoshaphat (“Joshaphat”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3146
Language Greek
Linked Usages 34
Books 17

Strong's G3146 Quick Answer

Strong's G3146 μαστιγόω (mastigoo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. mastigoo (mas-tig-oh'-o) v. 1. to flog {literally or figuratively} It has 34 linked Bible usages across 17 books. Visible English usage signals include scourge. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
mastigoo (mas-tig-oh'-o) v. 1. to flog {literally or figuratively}
Usage
34 linked usages
Books
17 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
scourge

Meaning and Definition

mastigoo (mas-tig-oh'-o) v. 1. to flog {literally or figuratively} [from G3148] KJV: scourge Root(s): G3148

Original Word
μαστιγόω
Transliteration
mastigoo
Derivation
Root: μάστιξ R1: 3148
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3146. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to whip

Usage: μαστιγόω, -ῶ (μάστιξ) [in LXX chiefly for נָכָה hi. ;] to scourge: with accusative, Mat.10:17 20:19 23:34, Mrk.10:34, Luk.18:33, Jhn.19:1; metaphorically, Heb.12:6 (cf. Pro.3:12, Jer.5:3, Jdth.8:27).† (AS)

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How Strong's G3146 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render mastigoo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

scourge Matthew 10:17

How Strong's G3146 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 14 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3146 (μαστιγόω) appears 28 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3146 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3146 in the New Testament

7 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 10:17 KJV

But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;

Matthew 20:19 KJV

And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.

Matthew 23:34 KJV

Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:

Strong's G3146 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

14 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 5:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And the accountants of the race of the children of Israel, who were set over them by the masters of Pharaoh, were scourged, and questioned, men saying, Why have ye not fulfilled your rates of brickwork as yesterday and the third day, today also?

Exodus 5:16 Septuagint / Brenton

Straw is not given to thy servants, and they tell us to make brick; and behold thy servants have been scourged: thou wilt therefore injure thy people.

Deuteronomy 25:2 Septuagint / Brenton

then it shall come to pass, if the unrighteous should be worthy of stripes, thou shalt lay him down before the judges, and they shall scourge him before them according to his iniquity.

Strong's G3146 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

13 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 8:27 Septuagint / Brenton

For he hath not tried us in the fire, as he did them, for the examination of their hearts, neither hath he taken vengeance on us: but the Lord doth scourge them that come near unto him, to admonish them.

Tobit 3:9 Septuagint / Brenton

Wherefore dost thou beat us for them? if they be dead, go thy ways after them, let us never see of thee either son or daughter.

Tobit 11:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And he wept, and said, Blessed art thou, O God, and blessed is thy name forever; and blessed are all thy holy angels:

Usage Excerpts

First 34 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3146.

Exodus 5:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the accountants of the race of the children of Israel, who were set over them by the masters of Pharaoh, were scourged, and questioned, men saying, Why have ye not fulfilled your rates of brickwork as yesterday and the third day, today also?
Exodus 5:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Straw is not given to thy servants, and they tell us to make brick; and behold thy servants have been scourged: thou wilt therefore injure thy people.
Deuteronomy 25:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then it shall come to pass, if the unrighteous should be worthy of stripes, thou shalt lay him down before the judges, and they shall scourge him before them according to his iniquity.
Deuteronomy 25:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall scourge him with forty stripes in number, they shall not inflict more; for if thou shouldest scourge him with more stripes beyond these stripes, thy brother will be disgraced before thee.
2 Chronicles 25:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when the prophet was speaking to him, that he said to him, Have I made thee king’s counselor? take heed lest thou be scourged: and the prophet forebore, and said, I know that God is disposed against thee to destroy thee, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not hearkened to my counsel.
Job 15:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast been scourged for but few of thy sins: Thou hast spoken haughtily and extravagantly.
Job 30:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They attacked me also without mercy: Thou hast scourged me with a strong hand.
Psalms 72:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They are not in the troubles of other men; And they shall not be scourged with other men.
Psalms 72:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For I was plagued all the day, And my reproof was every morning.
Proverbs 3:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For whom the Lord loves, he rebukes, And scourges every son whom he receives.
Proverbs 17:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But a fool, though scourged, understands not.
Proverbs 19:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When a pestilent character is scourged, a simple man is made wiser: And if thou reprove a wise man, he will understand discretion.
Proverbs 34:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Jeremiah 5:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord, thine eyes are upon faithfulness: thou hast scourged them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them; but they would not receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; and they would not return.
Matthew 10:17 New Testament, KJV
But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
Matthew 20:19 New Testament, KJV
And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
Matthew 23:34 New Testament, KJV
Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
Mark 10:34 New Testament, KJV
And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.
Luke 18:33 New Testament, KJV
And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.
John 19:1 New Testament, KJV
Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
Hebrews 12:6 New Testament, KJV
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Judith 8:27 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For he hath not tried us in the fire, as he did them, for the examination of their hearts, neither hath he taken vengeance on us: but the Lord doth scourge them that come near unto him, to admonish them.
Tobit 3:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherefore dost thou beat us for them? if they be dead, go thy ways after them, let us never see of thee either son or daughter.
Tobit 11:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And he wept, and said, Blessed art thou, O God, and blessed is thy name forever; and blessed are all thy holy angels:
Tobit 13:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For he doth scourge, and hath mercy: he leadeth down to hell, and bringeth up again: neither is there any that can avoid his hand.
Tobit 13:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And he will scourge us for our iniquities, and will have mercy again, and will gather us out of all nations, among whom he hath scattered us.
2 Maccabees 3:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover two other young men appeared before him, notable in strength, excellent in beauty, and comely in apparel, who stood by him on either side, and scourged him continually, and gave him many sore stripes.
2 Maccabees 3:34 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and seeing that thou hast been scourged from heaven, declare unto all men the mighty power of God. And when they had spoken these words, they appeared no more.
2 Maccabees 3:38 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
If thou hast any enemy or traitor, send him thither, and thou shalt receive him well scourged, if he escape with his life: for in that place, no doubt, there is an especial power of God.
2 Maccabees 5:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For had they not been formerly wrapped in many sins, this man, as soon as he had come, had forthwith been scourged, and put back from his presumption, as Heliodorus was, whom Seleucus the king sent to view the treasury.
2 Maccabees 6:30 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But when he was ready to die with stripes, he groaned, and said, It is manifest unto the Lord, that hath the holy knowledge, that whereas I might have been delivered from death, I now endure sore pains in body by being beaten: but in soul am well content to suffer these things, because I fear him.
Wisdom of Solomon 12:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore, whereas thou dost chasten us, thou scourgest our enemies a thousand times more, To the intent that, when we judge, we should carefully think of thy goodness, And when we ourselves are judged, we should look for mercy.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For the ungodly, that denied to know thee, Were scourged by the strength of thine arm: With strange rains, hails, and showers, were they persecuted, that they could not avoid, And through fire were they consumed.
Wisdom of Sirach 30:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Than a rich man that is afflicted in his body.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3146, grouped by book.

Exodus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 3 usages, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3146 FAQ

What does mastigoo (μαστιγόω) mean?

Mastigoo (Strong's G3146) is a Greek word most simply glossed "scourge". mastigoo (mas-tig-oh'-o) v. 1. to flog {literally or figuratively}

How many times is mastigoo (μαστιγόω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 34 linked usages for Strong's G3146 across 17 books.

Where can I study mastigoo (μαστιγόω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3146 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate mastigoo (μαστιγόω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as scourge. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3146 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 14 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 13 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3146, with linked reader references where each row is available.