Leviticus 26:18
And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
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Punish
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Acts 4:21
So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.
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15 occurrences in 15 verses.
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פָּקַד
pâqad · paw-kad'
27 times translated as this KJV form304 total Strong's occurrences
to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.
Strong's KJV usage: appoint, × at all, avenge, bestow, (appoint to have the, give a) charge, commit, count, deliver to keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, × by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overseer, have (the) oversight, punish, reckon, (call to) remember(-brance), set (over), sum, × surely, visit, want.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 10:12Strong's last: Zephaniah 1:12
Open full H6485 profile →κολάζω
kolázō · kol-ad'-zo
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to curtail, i.e. (figuratively) to chastise (or reserve for infliction)
Strong's KJV usage: :--punish.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 4:21Strong's last: Acts 4:21
Open full G2849 profile →יָסַר
yâçar · yaw-sar'
1 times translated as this KJV form43 total Strong's occurrences
to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct
Strong's KJV usage: bind, chasten, chastise, correct, instruct, punish, reform, reprove, sore, teach.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Leviticus 26:18Strong's last: Leviticus 26:18
Open full H3256 profile →נָכָה
nâkâh · naw-kaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form500 total Strong's occurrences
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), × go forward, × indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, × surely, wound.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Leviticus 26:24Strong's last: Leviticus 26:24
Open full H5221 profile →עָנַשׁ
ʻânash · aw-nash'
1 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to urge; by implication, to inflict a penalty, specifically, to fine
Strong's KJV usage: amerce, condemn, punish, × surely.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 17:26Strong's last: Proverbs 17:26
Open full H6064 profile →רָעַע
râʻaʻ · raw-ah'
1 times translated as this KJV form83 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
Strong's KJV usage: afflict, associate selves (by mistake for 7462), break (down, in pieces), displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for 7462), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, × indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.
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Strong's first: Zechariah 8:14Strong's last: Zechariah 8:14
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H3256
And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
H5221
Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
H6064
Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
H6485
Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
H6485
And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
H6485
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
H6485
For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
H6485
In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
H6485
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
H6485
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:
H6485
What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?
H6485
But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.
H6485
And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house.
H6485
And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.
H6485
And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
H6485
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.
H6485
Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.
H6485
And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not.
H6485
For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:
H6485
And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:
H6485
The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:
H6485
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
H6485
And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
H6485
And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
H6485
I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.
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punish
PUN'ISH, verb transitive [Latin punio, from the root of poena, pain. The primary sense is to press or strain.]
1. To pain; to afflict with pain, loss or calamity for a crime or fault; primarily, to afflict with bodily pain, as to punish a thief with pillory or stripes; but the word is applied also to affliction by loss of property, by transportation, banishment, seclusion from society, etc. The laws require murderers to be punished with death. Other offenders are to be punished with fines, imprisonment, hard labor, etc. God punishes men for their sins with calamities personal and national.
2. To chastise; as, a father punishes his child for disobedience.
3. To regard with pain or suffering inflicted on the offender; applied to the crime; as, to punish murder or theft.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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