For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
ὑπωπιάζω
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Gloss:
to wear out, weaken; to beat up, treat roughly
Definition:
pr. to strike one upon the parts beneath the eye; to beat black and blue; hence, to discipline by hardship, coerce, 1 Cor. 9:27; met. to weary by continual importunities, pester, Lk. 18:5*
Greek-English Concordance for ὑπωπιάζω
Luke 18:5 | yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will vindicate her, so that by her coming she (hypōpiazē | ὑπωπιάζῃ | pres act subj 3 sg) will (hypōpiazē | ὑπωπιάζῃ | pres act subj 3 sg) not ultimately wear (hypōpiazē | ὑπωπιάζῃ | pres act subj 3 sg) me out.’” (hypōpiazē | ὑπωπιάζῃ | pres act subj 3 sg) |
1 Corinthians 9:27 | But I discipline (hypōpiazō | ὑπωπιάζω | pres act ind 1 sg) my body and bring it into subjection, so that having preached to others I myself should not be disqualified. |