Original: μάστιξ

Transliteration: mástix

Phonetic: mas'-tix

Short Definition: Plague

- Original: μάστιξ

- Transliteration: Mastix

- Phonetic: mas'-tix

- Definition:

1. a whip, scourge

2. metaph. a scourge, plague

a. a calamity, misfortune, esp. sent by God to discipline or punish

- Origin: probably from the base of G3145 (through the idea of contact)

- TDNT entry: 12:38,6

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: Probably from the base of G3145 (through the idea of contact); a whip (literally the Roman flagellum for criminals; figuratively a disease): - plague scourging.

Cognate: G3146, G3147