Quick Definition
μάστιξ, ιγος, ἡ n.f. a scourge, lash, sufferings
Strong's Definition
probably from the base of 3145 (through the idea of contact); a whip (literally, the Roman flagellum for criminals; figuratively, a disease)
KJV Usage: plague, scourging
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ιγος | μαστιγόω
19.9 · Physical Impact · Hit, Strike
to whip, to beat with a whip, whipping, flogging to beat severely with a whip
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μάστιξ, -vyos, 7, @ whip, scourge, (for Οὐ, 1 K. xii. 11, 14; Proy.xxvi. 3): Acts xxii. 24; Heb. xi.36; metaph. a scourge, plague, i.e. a calamity, misfortune, esp. as sent by God to discipline or punish (Ps. Ixxxviii. (Ixxxix.) 33; with Διός added, Hom. 1]. 12, 37; 13, 812; θεοῦ, Aeschyl. sept. 607): of distressing bodily diseases, Mk. iii. 10; v. 29, 34; Lk. vii. 21; 2 Mace. ix. 11.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μάστιξ mastix 6x
a scourge, whip, Acts 22:24; Heb. 11:36; met. a scourge of disease, Mk. 3:10; 5:29, 34; Lk. 7:21*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μάστιξ, -ιγος, ἡ,
[in LXX for שׁוֹט, etc.;]
a whip, scourge: Ac 22:24, He 11:36; metaph., of disease or suffering as a divine chastisement (cf. Ps 88 (89):33, Pr 3:12, II Mac 9:11), Mk 3:10 5:29, 34, Lk 7:21.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μάστιξ. For the literal sense cf. P Leid Wi 35. (1 Α.}.} (ΞΞ 11. p- 85, cf. p. 166) μάστιγας. .-. Αἰγυπτίας, ‘‘ Egyptian whips,” such as many of the Egyptian gods are depicted carrying, and the magic tablet PSI I. 28* (iii/iv A.D. ?) πικραῖς μάστιξιν, borne by the Erinyes. For the metaphorical sense (Mk 31° a/.), which is found as early as Homer, ef. the Phrygian inscr. C. and B. ii. p. 520, No. 361 ὃς δ᾽ ἂν ἐπιχειρήσει ἕτερον ἐπεισενενκεῖν (“to bring in another body”’), λήψεται παρὰ τοῦ ἀθανάτου θεοῦ μάστειγα αἰώνιον, where the editor remarks that ‘‘the concluding formula is unique, but seems on the whole to be Chr(istian)” see further Diels Berliner Sitzungsberichte, 1901, p. 199 f. Μαστιγοφόρος in the sense of ‘*policeman”’ is found in P Tebt I. 179 (late 11/8B.C.). μαστος 391
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μάστιξ (mastix) — whip. μάστ-ιξ, ῑγος, ἡ, whip, scourge, mostly for driving horses, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἵππου μ. horse-whip, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λιγυρὰ μ. διπλῆ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later, scourge, ὑπὸ μαστίγων διαβαίνειν to cross under the lash, of soldiers flogged on, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μάστιγ᾽ ἔχων whip in hand, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. metaphorically, scourge, plague, μάστιξ Διός [Refs 8th c.BC+]; διπλῇ μ., τὴν Ἄρης φιλεῖ, i.e. fire and sword, [Refs]; μ. [Θεοῦ], of sickness, [NT]; but μάστιξ Πειθοῦς the lash of eloquence, [Refs 5th c.BC+] — _Ionic dialect_ μάστις (which see): μάστιγξ is not found.