ἐπιτιμάω

ἐπιτιμάω — epitimáō

ἐπιτιμάω, ἐπιτίμω; imperfect 3 person singular ἐπετίμα, 3 person plural ἐπετίμων; 1 aorist ἐπετίμησα; the Sept. for גָּעַר; in Greek writings

1. to show honor to, to honor: τινα, Herodotus 6, 39.

2. to raise the price of: ὁ σῖτος ἐπετιμηθη, Demosthenes 918, 22; others.

3. to adjudge, award (from τιμή in the sense of merited penalty): τήν δίκην, Herodotus 4, 43.

4. to tax with fault, rate, chide, rebuke, reprove, censure severely, (so Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato, Demosthenes, others): absolutely, 2Ti 4:2; τίνι, charge one with wrong, Luke;; to rebuke — in order to curb one's ferocity or violence (hence, many formerly gave the word the meaning to restrain; against whom cf. Fritzsche on Matthew, p. 325), Mat 8:26; Mat 17:18; Mar 4:39; Luk 4:39; Luk 4:41; Luk 8:24; Luk 9:42; Jud 1:9 (where Rec.elz strangely ἐπιτιμήσαι (1 aorist active infinitive) for ἐπιτιμμησαι (optative 3 person singular)); or to keep one away from another, Mat 19:13; Luk 18:15; Mar 10:13; followed by ἵνα (with a verb expressing the opposite of what is censured): Mat 20:31; Mar 10:48; Luk 18:39; with the addition of λέγων (καί λέγει, or the like) and direct discourse: Mar 1:25 (T omits; WH brackets λέγων);; Luk 4:35; Luk 23:40 (cf. Psa 105:9; Psa 118:21; Zec 3:2; and the use of גָּעַר in Nah 1:4; Mal 3:11). Elsewhere in a milder sense, to admonish or charge sharply: τίνι, Mat 16:22; Mar 8:30; Luk 9:21 (ἐπιτιμήσας αὐτοῖς παρήγγειλεν, followed by the infinitive), Luk 19:39; with ἵνα added, Mat 16:20 L WH text; Mar 8:30; ἵνα μή, Mat 12:16; Mar 3:12. (Cf. Trench, § iv; Schmidt, chapter 4, 11.)