Quick Definition
chastisement, punishment
Strong's Definition
penal infliction
Derivation: from G2849 (κολάζω);
KJV Usage: punishment, torment
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κόλασις, κολάσεως, ἡ (κολάζω), correction, punishment, penalty: Mat_25:46; κόλασιν ἔχει,brings with it or has connected with it the thought of punishment, 1Jn_4:18. (Eze_14:3 f, etc.; 2Ma_4:38; 4Ma_8:8; Wis_11:14 Wis_16:24, etc.; Plato, Aristotle, Diodorus 1, 77 (9); 4, 44 (3); Aelian v. h. 7, 15; others.) [SYNONYMS: κόλασις, τιμωρία: the noted definition of Aristotle, which distinguishes κόλασις from τιμωρία as that which (is disciplinary and) has reference to him who suffers, while the latter (is penal and) has reference to the satisfaction of him who inflicts, may be found in his rhet. 1, 10, 17; cf. Cope, Introduction to Aristotle, Rhet., p. 232. To much the same effect, Plato, Protag. 324 a. and following, also deff. 416. But, as in other cases, usage (especially the later) does not always recognize the distinction; see e. g. Philo de legat. ad Gaium § 1 at the end; fragment ex Eusebius prepos. evang. 8, 13 (Mang. 2:641); de vita Moys. 1:16 at the end; Plato de sera num. vind. §§ 9, 11, etc. Plutarch (ibid. § 25 under the end) uses κολάζομαι of those undergoing the penalties of the other world (cf. Justin Martyr, Apology 1, 8; Clement of Rome, 2Co_6:1-18; 2Co_7:1-16 [ET]; Justin Martyr, Apology 1, 43; 2, 8; Test xii. Patr., test. Reub. 5; test. Levi 4 , etc.; Martyr. Polycarp, 2, 3 [ET]; 11, 2 [ET]; Ignatius ad Rom_5:1-21; Rom_3:1-31 [ET]; Martyr Ignatius vat. 5 etc.). See Trench, Synonyms, § vii.; McClellan, New Testament, vol. i., margin references on Matt. as above; Bartlett, Life and Death Eternal. Note G.; C. F. Hudson, Debt and Grace, p. 188ff; Schmidt, chapter 167, 2f.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κόλασις kolasis 2x
chastisement, punishment, Mat_25:46 ;
painful disquietude, torment, 1Jn_4:18
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κόλασις , -εως , ἡ
( < κολάζω ),
[in LXX : Eze_14:3-7 ; Eze_18:30 ; Eze_44:12 , ( H4383 ) Eze_43:11 , λαμβάνειν τὴν κ . ( H3637 ni .); Wis_11:13 ; Wis_16:2 ; Wis_16:24 ; Wis_19:4 , Jer_18:20 ; Jer_18:2-4 Mac.5 * ;]
correction, penalty, punishment: Mat_25:46 , 1Jn_4:18 .†
SYN.: τιμωρία G5098 , requital. Arist . distinguishes between κ . as that which, being disciplinary, has reference to the sufferer, and τ . as that which, being penal, has reference to the satisfaction of him who inflicts ( v. Thayer , s.v. κ ., and cf. Tr., Syn. , § vii). But in late Gk . especially, the distinction is not always maintained ( v. reff. in Thayer ).
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κόλασις [page 352]
For κόλασις = punishment, cf. Syll 680 .13 (Rom.) καὶ πρὸς τὴν κόλασιν ἀγέτωσαν τοὺς αἰτίους οἱ [ἄρχ ]οντες . In 1Jn_4:18 the idea of deprivation, a kind of poena damni (see above s.v. κολάζω ), is decidedly helpful : fear checks development, and is the antithesis of τελείωσις which love works. For κόλασις , with reference to the next world as in Mat_25:46 , cf. the fragment of an uncanonical gospel P Oxy V. 840 .6 οὐ γὰρ ἐν τοῖς ζωοῖς μόνοις ἀπολαμβάνουσιν οἱ κακοῦργοι τῶν ἀν (θρώπ )ων ἀλλὰ [κ ]αὶ κόλασιν ὑπομένουσιν καὶ πολ [λ ]ὴν βάσανον , for the evil-doers among men receive their reward not among the living only, but also await punishment and much torment (Edd.). In the Apoc. of Peter τόπος κολάσεως = hell, and in MGr κόλασις is used alone in the same sense.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
κόλασις κόλα^σις, εως [Etym: κολάζω] "chastisement, correction, punishment", Plat. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κόλασις, -εως, ἡ
(κολάζω), [in LXX: Eze.14:3-7 18:30 44:12, (מִכְשׁוֹל) Eze.43:11, λαμβάνειν τὴν κ. (כָּלַם ni.); Wis.11:13 16:2, 24 19:4, Jer.18:20, 2-4 Mac.5 * ;]
correction, penalty, punishment: Mat.25:46, 1Jn.4:18.†
SYN.: τιμωρία, requital. Arist. distinguishes between κ . as that which, being disciplinary, has reference to the sufferer, and τ. as that which, being penal, has reference to the satisfaction of him who inflicts (see Thayer, see word κ., and cf. Tr., Syn., § vii). But in late Gk. especially, the distinction is not always maintained (see reff. in Thayer) (AS)
