◄ G5178 ►
τυμπανίζω
Transliteration
tumpanizo;
Pronunciation
toom-pan-id'-zo
Parts of Speech
v
Root Word (Etymology)
from a derivative of 5180 (meaning a drum, "tympanum")
KJV Translation Count — 1x
The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: torture (1)
Outline of Biblical Usage
1. to beat the drum or timbrel
2. to torture with the tympanum, an instrument of punishment
The tympanum seems to have been a wheel shaped instrument of torture, over which criminals were stretched as though they were skins and then horribly beaten with clubs or thongs (cf our "break upon the wheel")
Strong's Definitions
toom-pan-id'-zo; from a derivative of (5180) (τύπτω) (meaning a drum, "tympanum"); to stretch on an instrument of torture resembling a drum, and thus beat to death: — torture.
Concordance Results Using KJV
Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were G5178d, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: