Punish - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Punish

[ 1,,G2849, kolazo ]
primarily denotes to curtail, prune, dock" (from kolos, "docked"); then, "to check, restrain, punish;" it is used in the Middle Voice in Acts 4:21; Passive Voice in 2 Peter 2:9, AV, "to be punished" (RV, "under punishment," lit., "being punished"), a futurative present tense.

[ 2,,G5097, timoreo ]
primarily, "to help," then, "to avenge" (from time, "value, honor," and ouros, "a guardian"), i.e., "to help" by redressing injuries, is used in the Active Voice in Acts 26:11, RV, "punishing" (AV, "I punished"); Passive Voice in Acts 22:5, lit., "(that) they may be punished." Cp. No. 5, below.

Note: For 2 Thessalonians 1:9, "shall suffer punishment," RV, See JUSTICE. See SUFFER, Note (10).

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words