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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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signifies "to strike with clenched hands, to buffet with the fist" (kolaphos, "a fist"), Matthew 26:67; Mark 14:65; 1 Corinthians 4:11; 2 Corinthians 12:7; 1 Peter 2:20 .
lit., "to strike under the eye" (from hupopion, "the part of the face below the eye;" hupo, "under," ops, "an eye"), hence, to beat the face black and blue (to give a black eye), is used metaphorically, and translated "buffet" in 1 Corinthians 9:27 (AV, "keep under"), of Paul's suppressive treatment of his body, in order to keep himself spiritually fit (RV marg., "bruise"); so RV marg. in Luke 18:5 , of the persistent widow, text, "wear out" (AV, "weary"). See KEEP , WEAR , WEARY.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Buffet'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/b/buffet.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Buffet'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/b/buffet.html. 1940.
