Quick Definition
κόλασις, εως, ἡ n.f. chastisement, punishment
Strong's Definition
from 2849; penal infliction
KJV Usage: punishment, torment
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | κολάζω
38.2 · Punish, Reward · Punish
punishment to punish, with the implication of resulting severe suffering In a number of languages punishment is often expressed as a causative of suffering, that is to say, ‘to cause to suffer’ or ‘to cause to endure harm.’ In some languages, however, there are a number of different types of punishment, and clear distinctions must be made between various degrees of punishment as well as between physical versus mental punishment.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κόλασις, -ews, 7, (κολάζω), correction, punishment, penalty: Mt. xxv. 46; κόλασιν ἔχει, brings with it or has connected with it the thought of punishment, 1 Jn. iv. 18. (Ezek. xiv. 3 sq., ete.; 2 Mace. iv. 38; 4 Mace. viii. 8; Sap. xi. 14; xvi. 24, ete.; Plat., Aristot., Diod. 1, 77, (9); 4, 44, (3); Ael. v. h. 7, 15; al.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κόλασις kolasis 2x
chastisement, punishment, Mt. 25:46; painful disquietude, torment, 1 Jn. 4:18*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κόλασις, -εως, ἡ,
(< κολάζω), [in LXX: Ez 14:3-7 18:30 44:12, (מִכְשׁוֹל) 43:11, λαμβάνειν τὴν κ. (כּלם ni.); Wi 11:13 16:2, 24 19:4, Je 18:20, II-IV Mac5*;]
correction, penalty, punishment: Mt 25:46, I Jo 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 (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. For κόλασις = “ punishment,” cf. δγ} 68018 (Rom.) καὶ πρὸς τὴν κόλασιν ἀγέτωσαν τοὺς αἰτίους οἱ [ἄρχ]οντες. In 1 Jn 418 the idea of ‘‘deprivation,” a kind of foena 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 Mt 25%, cf. the fragment of an uncanonical gospel P Oxy V. 840% οὐ γὰρ ἐν τοῖς ζωοῖς μόνοις ἀπολαμβάνουσιν οἱ κακοῦργοι τῶν ἀν(θρώπ)ων ἀλλὰ [κ]αὶ κόλασιν ὑπομένουσιν καὶ πολ[λ]ὴν βάσανον, ““οΥ 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-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κόλασις (kolasis) — punishment. κόλ-ᾰσις, εως, ἡ, checking the growth of trees, especially almond-trees, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. chastisement, correction, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to τιμωρία, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of divine retribution, [NT+5th c.BC+]