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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 2851. κόλασις (kolasis) -- Punishment, correction</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/2851.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/matthew/1-1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/2851.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 2851</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/2850.htm" title="2850">◄</a> 2851. kolasis <a href="../greek/2852.htm" title="2852">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">kolasis: Punishment, correction</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">κόλασις</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>kolasis<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>KO-lah-sis<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(kol'-as-is)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Punishment, correction<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>chastisement, punishment, torment, perhaps with the idea of deprivation.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Greek verb κολάζω (kolazō), meaning "to punish" or "to correct."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of punishment is עָנַשׁ (anash), which means "to punish" or "to fine." Another related term is יָסַר (yasar), meaning "to discipline" or "to chastise."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>In the New Testament, "kolasis" primarily refers to the concept of punishment, often in the context of divine retribution or correction. It is used to describe the consequences of sin and disobedience, emphasizing the aspect of corrective justice rather than mere retribution. The term suggests a form of punishment that aims to bring about repentance and transformation.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Greek culture, "kolasis" was understood as a form of corrective punishment, distinct from "timoria," which referred to retributive justice. The concept of "kolasis" aligns with the biblical theme of God's justice being both righteous and redemptive. In the Greco-Roman world, punishment was often seen as a means to maintain social order and deter wrongdoing, but in the biblical context, it also serves a higher purpose of restoring individuals to a right relationship with God.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>Cognate: 2851</b> <i>kólasis</i> (from <i>kolaphos</i>, "a buffeting, a blow") – properly, punishment that "fits" (matches) the one punished (R. Trench); <i>torment</i> from living in the <i>dread of upcoming judgment</i> from <i>shirking</i> one's <i>duty</i> (cf. <i>WS</i> at 1 Jn 4:18).</p><p class="discovery"><b>Perfected love casts out tormenting fear (<a href="/greek/2851.htm">2851</a> <i>/kólasis</i>)</b></p><p class="discovery">1 Jn 4:17,18: "<sup>17</sup>By this, love is <i>perfected</i> [brought to its higher stages] with us, so that we may <i>continuously</i> have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, so also are we in this world. <sup>18</sup>There is <i>no fear in love</i>; but <i>perfect love casts out fear</i>, because <i>fear involves punishment</i> [<a href="/greek/2851.htm">2851</a> <i>/kólasis</i>, "torment"], and the one who <i>fears is not perfected in love</i>."</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/2849.htm">kolazó</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>correction<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>punishment (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2851: κόλασις</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">κόλασις</span></span>, <span class="greek2">κολάσεως</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (<span class="greek2">κολάζω</span>), <span class="accented">correction, punishment, penalty</span>: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/25-46.htm">Matthew 25:46</a>; <span class="greek2">κόλασιν</span> <span class="greek2">ἔχει</span>,brings with it or has connected with it the thought of punishment, <a href="/interlinear/1_john/4-18.htm">1 John 4:18</a>. (<a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/14-3.htm">Ezekiel 14:3</a>f, etc.; 2 Macc. 4:38; 4 Macc. 8:8; Wis. 11:14 Wis. 16:24, etc.; <span class="abbreviation">Plato</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Aristotle</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Diodorus</span> 1, 77 (9); 4, 44 (3); <span class="abbreviation">Aelian</span> v. h. 7, 15; others.)<FOOTNOTE:1> [<span class="arttitle">SYNONYMS:</span> <span class="greek2">κόλασις</span>, <span class="greek2">τιμωρία</span>: the noted definition of <span class="abbreviation">Aristotle</span>, which distinguishes <span class="greek2">κόλασις</span> from <span class="greek2">τιμωρία</span> 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 <span class="abbreviation">Aristotle</span>, Rhet., p. 232. To much the same effect, <span class="abbreviation">Plato</span>, 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. <span class="abbreviation">Philo</span> 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; <span class="abbreviation">Plato</span> de sera num. vind. §§ 9, 11, etc. <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span> (ibid. § 25 under the end) uses <span class="greek2">κολάζομαι</span> of those undergoing the penalties of the other world (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Justin Martyr</span>, Apology 1, 8; <span class="abbreviation">Clement of Rome</span>, 2 Cor. 6, 7 [ET]; <span class="abbreviation">Justin Martyr</span>, Apology 1, 43; 2, 8; <span class="abbreviation">Test xii. Patr.</span>, test. Reub. 5; test. Levi 4, etc.; Martyr. <span class="abbreviation">Polycarp</span>, 2, 3 [ET]; 11, 2 [ET]; <span class="abbreviation">Ignatius</span> ad Rom. 5, 3 [ET]; Martyr <span class="abbreviation">Ignatius</span> vat. 5 etc.). See <span class="abbreviation">Trench</span>, 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; <span class="abbreviation">Schmidt</span>, chapter 167, 2f.] <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>punishment, torment. <p>From <a href="/greek/2849.htm">kolazo</a>; penal infliction -- punishment, torment. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2849.htm">kolazo</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>κολασιν κόλασιν kolasin kólasin<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/25-46.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 25:46</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/25.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">οὗτοι εἰς <b>κόλασιν</b> αἰώνιον οἱ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/25.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> into eternal <span class="itali">punishment,</span> but the righteous<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/25.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> everlasting <span class="itali">punishment:</span> but<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/25-46.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> these into <span class="itali">punishment</span> eternal<p><b><a href="/text/1_john/4-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 John 4:18</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_john/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὁ φόβος <b>κόλασιν</b> ἔχει ὁ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_john/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> involves <span class="itali">punishment,</span> and the one who fears<br><a href="/kjvs/1_john/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> fear hath <span class="itali">torment.</span> He that feareth<br><a href="/interlinear/1_john/4-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the fear <span class="itali">torment</span> has he who<p><b><a href="/greek/2851.htm">Strong's Greek 2851</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2851.htm">2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/kolasin_2851.htm">κόλασιν — 2 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/2850.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2850"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2850" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/2852.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2852"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2852" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>