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Strong's G3148 μάστιξ (mastix)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3148 — yother (“over”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3148
Language Greek
Linked Usages 42
Books 17

Strong's G3148 Quick Answer

Strong's G3148 μάστιξ (mastix) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. mastix (mas'-tix) n. 1. a whip 2. (literally) the Roman flagellum for criminals It has 42 linked Bible usages across 17 books. Visible English usage signals include father, scourges, yoke, whips, and scourge. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
mastix (mas'-tix) n. 1. a whip 2. (literally) the Roman flagellum for criminals
Usage
42 linked usages
Books
17 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
father, scourges, yoke, whips, and scourge

Meaning and Definition

mastix (mas'-tix) n. 1. a whip 2. (literally) the Roman flagellum for criminals 3. (figuratively) a disease [probably from the base of G3145 (through the idea of contact)] KJV: plague, scourging Root(s): G3145

Original Word
μάστιξ
Transliteration
mastix
Derivation
Root: μασσάομαι R1: 3145
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3148. 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)

whip

Usage: μάστιξ, -ιγος, ἡ [in LXX for שׁוֹט, etc. ;] 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 (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

father scourges yoke whips scourge upon chastised many plagues heavy add chastise

How Strong's G3148 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and 1 Enoch. 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 18 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.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3148 (μάστιξ) appears 36 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3148 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 G3148 in the New Testament

6 indexed usages in New Testament.

Mark 3:10 KJV

For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.

Mark 5:29 KJV

And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.

Mark 5:34 KJV

And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.

Strong's G3148 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

18 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

3 Kingdoms 12:11 Septuagint / Brenton

And whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I also will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

3 Kingdoms 12:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

2 Chronicles 10:11 Septuagint / Brenton

And whereas my father chastised you with a heavy yoke, I will also add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, and I will chastise you with scorpions.

Strong's G3148 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

15 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Tobit 13:16 Septuagint / Brenton

For Jerusalem shall be built up with sapphire, and emerald, and precious stone: thy walls and towers and battlements with pure gold.

2 Maccabees 7:1 Septuagint / Brenton

It came to pass also, that seven brethren with their mother were taken, and compelled by the king against the law to taste swine’s flesh, and were tormented with scourges and whips.

2 Maccabees 7:37 Septuagint / Brenton

But I, as my brethren, offer up my body and life for the laws of our fathers, beseeching God that he would speedily be merciful unto our nation; and that thou by torments and plagues mayest confess, that he alone is God;

Strong's G3148 in 1 Enoch

3 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 10:22 Septuagint / Brenton

shall offer adoration and shall praise Me, and all shall worship Me. And the earth shall be cleansed from all defilement, and from all sin, and from all punishment, and from all torment, and I will never again send (them) upon it from generation to generation and for ever.

1 Enoch 22:11 Septuagint / Brenton

lifetime. Here their spirits shall be set apart in this great pain till the great day of judgement and punishment and torment of those who curse for ever and retribution for their spirits. There

1 Enoch 25:6 Septuagint / Brenton

Then shall they rejoice with joy and be glad, And into the holy place shall they enter; And its fragrance shall be in their bones, And they shall live a long life on earth, Such as thy fathers lived: And in their days shall no sorrow or plague Or torment or calamity touch them.'

Usage Excerpts

First 42 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3148.

3 Kingdoms 12:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I also will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
3 Kingdoms 12:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
2 Chronicles 10:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whereas my father chastised you with a heavy yoke, I will also add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, and I will chastise you with scorpions.
2 Chronicles 10:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Job 5:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He shall hide thee from the scourge of the tongue: And thou shalt not be afraid of coming evils.
Job 21:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Their houses are prosperous, neither have they anywhere cause for fear, Neither is there a scourge from the Lord upon them.
Psalms 31:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Many are the scourges of the sinner: But him that hopes in the Lord mercy shall compass about.
Psalms 34:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Yet they rejoiced against me, And plagues were plentifully brought against me, and I knew it not: They were scattered, but repented not.
Psalms 37:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For I am ready for plagues, And my grief is continually before me.
Psalms 38:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Remove thy scourges from me: I have fainted by reason of the strength of thy hand.
Psalms 72:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For there is no sign of reluctance in their death: And they have firmness under their affliction.
Psalms 88:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will visit their transgressions with a rod, And their sins with scourges.
Psalms 90:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
No evils shall come upon thee, And no scourge shall draw nigh to thy dwelling.
Proverbs 19:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Scourges are preparing for the intemperate, And punishments likewise for fools.
Proverbs 33:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Isaiah 50:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I gave my back to scourges, and my cheeks to blows; and I turned not away my face from the shame of spitting:
Jeremiah 6:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As a cistern cools water, so her wickedness cools her, ungodliness and misery shall be heard in her, as continually before her.
Nahum 3:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The noise of whips, and the noise of the rumbling of wheels, and of the pursuing horse, and of the bounding chariot,
Mark 3:10 New Testament, KJV
For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
Mark 5:29 New Testament, KJV
And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.
Mark 5:34 New Testament, KJV
And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
Luke 7:21 New Testament, KJV
And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.
Acts 22:24 New Testament, KJV
The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.
Hebrews 11:36 New Testament, KJV
And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
Tobit 13:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For Jerusalem shall be built up with sapphire, and emerald, and precious stone: thy walls and towers and battlements with pure gold.
2 Maccabees 7:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
It came to pass also, that seven brethren with their mother were taken, and compelled by the king against the law to taste swine’s flesh, and were tormented with scourges and whips.
2 Maccabees 7:37 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But I, as my brethren, offer up my body and life for the laws of our fathers, beseeching God that he would speedily be merciful unto our nation; and that thou by torments and plagues mayest confess, that he alone is God;
2 Maccabees 9:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Here therefore, being plagued, he began to leave off his great pride, and to come to the knowledge of himself by the scourge of God, his pain increasing every moment.
4 Maccabees 6:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then tying back his arms and hands, they disdainfully used him with stripes;
4 Maccabees 6:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But raising his eyes on high to heaven, the old man’s flesh was stripped off by the scourges, and his blood streamed down, and his sides were pierced through.
4 Maccabees 9:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And when they had labored hard without effect in scourging him, they hurled him upon the wheel.
Wisdom of Sirach 22:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
A tale out of season is as music in mourning: But stripes and correction of wisdom are never out of time.
Wisdom of Sirach 23:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Who will set scourges over my thoughts, And the discipline of wisdom over my heart? That they spare me not for mine ignorances, And it pass not by my sins:
Wisdom of Sirach 23:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
A man that useth much swearing shall be filled with iniquity, And the plague shall never depart from his house: If he shall offend, his sin shall be upon him: And if he acknowledge not his sin, he maketh a double offense: And if he swear in vain, he shall not be innocent, But his house shall be full of calamities.
Wisdom of Sirach 26:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But a grief of heart and sorrow is a woman that is jealous over another woman, And a scourge of the tongue which communicateth with all.
Wisdom of Sirach 28:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: But the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones.
Wisdom of Sirach 30:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He that loveth his son causeth him oft to feel the rod, That he may have joy of him in the end.
Wisdom of Sirach 39:28 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
There be spirits that are created for vengeance, Which in their fury lay on sore strokes; In the time of destruction they pour out their force, And appease the wrath of him that made them.
Wisdom of Sirach 40:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Death, and bloodshed, strife, and sword, Calamities, famine, tribulation, and the scourge;
1 Enoch 10:22 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
shall offer adoration and shall praise Me, and all shall worship Me. And the earth shall be cleansed from all defilement, and from all sin, and from all punishment, and from all torment, and I will never again send (them) upon it from generation to generation and for ever.
1 Enoch 22:11 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
lifetime. Here their spirits shall be set apart in this great pain till the great day of judgement and punishment and torment of those who curse for ever and retribution for their spirits. There
1 Enoch 25:6 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
Then shall they rejoice with joy and be glad, And into the holy place shall they enter; And its fragrance shall be in their bones, And they shall live a long life on earth, Such as thy fathers lived: And in their days shall no sorrow or plague Or torment or calamity touch them.'

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3148, grouped by book.

3 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Mark 3 usages, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
Tobit 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 8 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 3 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G3148 FAQ

What does mastix (μάστιξ) mean?

Mastix (Strong's G3148) is a Greek word most simply glossed "plague". mastix (mas'-tix) n. 1. a whip 2. (literally) the Roman flagellum for criminals

How many times is mastix (μάστιξ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 42 linked usages for Strong's G3148 across 17 books.

Where can I study mastix (μάστιξ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3148 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate mastix (μάστιξ)?

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

Does Strong's G3148 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 18 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 15 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 3 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G3148, with linked reader references where each row is available.