Bible word study

Typto (Strong’s G5180): Meaning in the Bible

Typto (τύπτω) is the Greek word numbered G5180 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as to "thump", i.e. cudgel or pummel (properly, with a stick or bastinado), but in any case by repeated blows; thus differing from G3817 and G3960, which denote a (usually single) blow with the hand or any instrument, or G4141 with the fist (or a hammer), or G4474 with the palm; as well as from G5177, an accidental collision); by implication, to punish; figuratively, to offend (the conscience). In the King James Bible it is translated beat, smite, strike, wound..

• Original wordτύπτω
• Transliterationtýptō
• Pronunciationtoop'-to
• Strong’s numberG5180
• LanguageGreek

The full Strong’s definition

Derivation. a primary verb (in a strengthened form);

How the King James Bible translates it

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Typto in the original Greek lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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