Strong's Number G5180

τύπτω

tupto · toop'-to

Transliteration:

tupto{toop'-to}

Word Origin:

a primary verb (in a strengthened form)

TDNT:

8:260,1195

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to "thump", i.e. cudgel or pummel (properly, with a stick or bastinado), but in any case by repeated blows; thus differing from G3817 (παίω) and G3960 (πατάσσω), which denote a (usually single) blow with the hand or any instrument, or G4141 (πλήσσω) with the fist (or a hammer), or G4474 (ῥαπίζω) with the palm; as well as from G5177 (τυγχάνω), an accidental collision); by implication, to punish; figuratively, to offend (the conscience)

Usage in the KJV:

smite 4, beat 3, strike 1, wound 1

Total: 14
Occurs 13 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

to strike, beat, smite
1. with a staff, a whip, the fist, the hand
2. of mourners, to smite their breast
to smite one on whom he inflicts punitive evil
to smite
1. metaph. i.e. to wound, disquiet one's conscience