tumpanizo <5178>
tumpanizw tumpanizo
| Pronunciation | : | toom-pan-id'-zo |
| Origin | : | from a derivative of 5180 (meaning a drum, "tympanum") |
| Reference | : | - |
| PrtSpch | : | v (verb) |
| In Greek | : | etumpanisyhsan 1 |
| In NET | : | were tortured 1 |
| In AV | : | torture 1 |
| Count | : | 1 |
| Definition | : |
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") from a derivative of 5180 (meaning a drum, "tympanum"); to stretch on an instrument of torture resembling a drum, and thus beat to death: KJV -- torture. see GREEK for 5180 |
| Related Hebrew | : | - |
