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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - τυμπανίζω
τυμπανίζω
G5178
Transliteration: tympanízō
Pronunciation: toom-pan-id'-zo
Definition: torture
- Original: τυμπανίζω - Transliteration: Tumpanizo - Phonetic: toom-pan-id'-zo
- Definition:
1. to beat the drum or timbrel
2. to torture with the tympanum, an instrument of punishment
- Origin: "from a derivative of G5180" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5180 (meaning a drum, "tympanum")" - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From a derivative of G5180" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5180 (meaning a drum tympanum); to stretch on an instrument of torture resembling a drum and thus beat to death: - torture.