Definition

to chastise, i.e. (with words) to upbraid

Etymology

from G1909 (ἐπί) and G4141 (πλήσσω);

Word family

• ἐπί epí
• πλήσσω plḗssō

How the KJV renders it

• rebuke

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.