Dictionaries :: Punishment

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Punishment:

The New Testament lays down the general principles of good government, but contains no code of laws for the punishment of offenders. Punishment proceeds on the principle that there is an eternal distinction between right and wrong, and that this distinction must be maintained for its own sake. It is not primarily intended for the reformation of criminals, nor for the purpose of deterring others from sin. These results may be gained, but crime in itself demands punishment. (See MURDER; THEFT.)

Endless, of the impenitent and unbelieving. The rejection of this doctrine "cuts the ground from under the gospel...blots out the attribute of retributive justice; transmutes sin into misfortune instead of guilt; turns all suffering into chastisement; converts the piacular work of Christ into moral influence...The attempt to retain the evangelical theology in connection with it is futile" (Shedd).

Nave's Topical Bible

Punishment: Death Penalty:

Shall not be remitted,

Num 35:31.

In the Mosaic law the death penalty was inflicted for murder,

Gen 9:5, 6; Num 35:16-21, 30-33; Deu 17:6;

adultery,

Lev 20:10; Deu 22:24;

incest,

Lev 20:11, 12, 14;

bestiality,

Exd 22:19; Lev 20:15, 16;

sodomy,

Lev 18:22; 20:13;

sexual immorality,

Deu 22:21-24;

rape of a betrothed (engaged) virgin,

Deu 22:25;

perjury,

Zec 5:4;

kidnapping,

Exd 21:16; Deu 24:7;

upon a priest's daughter, who committed fornication,

Lev 21:9;

for witchcraft,

Exd 22:18;

offering human sacrifice,

Lev 20:2-5;

for striking or cursing one's father or mother,

Exd 21:15, 17; Lev 20:9;

disobedience to parents,

Deu 21:18-21;

stealing,

Zec 5:3, 4;

blasphemy,

Lev 24:11-14, 16, 23;

for desecrating the Sabbath day,

Exd 35:2; Num 15:32-36;

for prophesying falsely, or propagating false doctrines,

Deu 13:1-10;

sacrificing to false gods,

Exd 22:20;

refusing to abide by the decision of the court,

Deu 17:12;

for treason,

1Ki 2:25; Est 2:23;

sedition,

Act 5:36, 37.

Punishment: Modes of Execution of Death Penalty:

Burning,

Gen 38:24; Lev 20:14; 21:9; Jer 29:22; Eze 23:25; Dan 3:19-23;

stoning,

Lev 20:2, 27; 24:14; Num 14:10; 15:33-36; Deu 13:10; 17:5; 22:21, 24; Jos 7:25; 1Ki 21:10; Eze 16:40;

hanging,

Gen 40:22; Deu 21:22, 23; Jos 8:29;

beheading,

Mat 14:10; Mar 6:16, 27, 28;

crucifixion,

Mat 27:35, 38; Mar 15:24, 27; Luk 23:33;

the sword,

Exd 32:27, 28; 1Ki 2:25, 34, 46; Act 12:2.

Executed by the accusing witnesses,

Deu 13:9; 17:7; Act 7:58;

by the congregation,

Num 15:35, 36; Deu 13:9.

Not inflicted by the testimony of less than two witnesses,

Num 35:30; Deu 17:6; 19:15.

Punishment: Minor Offenses:

Punishable by scourging,

Lev 19:20; Deu 22:18; 25:2, 3; Pro 17:10; 19:29; 20:30; Mat 27:26; Mar 15:15; Luk 23:16; Jhn 19:1; Act 22:24, 29;

imprisonment,

Gen 39:20; 40.

see PRISON

Confinement within limits,

1Ki 2:26, 36-38.

Punishment: Entailed:

On children,

Exd 34:7; Jer 31:29; Lam 5:7; Eze 18:2, 3.

See AFFLICTION, DESIGN OF; CHASTISEMENT; FINE; JUDGMENTS; RETALIATION; WICKED, PUNISHMENT OF

Punishment: According to Deeds:

Job 34:11; Psa 62:12; Pro 12:14; 24:12; Isa 59:18; Jer 17:10; Eze 7:3, 27; 16:59; 39:24; Zec 1:6; Mat 5:22; 16:27; 23:14; Luk 12:47, 48; 20:47

See the Parable of the vineyard,

Isa 5:1-7;

husbandman (farmers),

Mat 21:33-41;

of the talents,

Mat 25:14-30.

See JUDGMENT, ACCORDING TO OPPORTUNITY AND WORKS

Punishment: Delayed:

Psa 50:21; 55:19; Pro 1:24-30; Ecc 8:11-13; Hab 1:2-4

Punishment: Design Of:

TO SECURE OBEDIENCE:

Gen 2:17; Exd 20:3-5; Lev 26:14-39; Deu 13:10, 11; 17:13; 19:20; 21:21; Pro 19:25; 21:11; 26:3.

See JUDGMENTS, DESIGN OF

Punishment: Divine:

NO ESCAPE FROM:

Job 11:20; Pro 1:24-31; 11:21; 16:5; 29:1; Jer 11:11; 15:1; 25:28, 29; Eze 7:19; Amo 2:14-16; Zep 1:18; Mat 10:28; 23:33; Rom 2:3; Col 3:25; Hbr 2:3; 12:25.

Punishment: Eternal:

Isa 34:8-10; Dan 12:2; Mat 3:12; 10:28; 18:8; 25:41, 46; Mar 3:29; Luk 3:17; Jhn 5:29; Hbr 6:2; 10:28-31; Rev 14:10, 11; 19:3; 20:10

See WICKED, PUNISHMENT OF

Thematic Subject Guide

Punishment:

Gen 2:17Exd 20:3-5Lev 26:14-39Deu 13:10-11; Deu 21:21Job 11:20; Job 34:11Psa 50:21; Psa 55:19; Psa 62:12Pro 1:24-31; Pro 11:21; Pro 12:14; Pro 16:5; Pro 19:25; Pro 21:11; Pro 24:12; Pro 26:3; Pro 29:1Ecc 8:11-13Isa 34:8-10; Isa 59:18Jer 11:11; Jer 15:1; Jer 17:10; Jer 25:28-29Eze 7:3; Eze 7:27; Eze 16:59; Eze 39:24Dan 12:2Amo 2:14-16Hab 1:2-4Zep 1:18Zec 1:6Mat 3:12; Mat 5:22; Mat 10:28; Mat 16:27; Mat 18:8; Mat 23:33; Mat 25:41; Mat 25:46Mar 3:29Luk 3:17; Luk 12:47-48Jhn 5:29Rom 2:3Col 3:25Hbr 2:3; Hbr 6:2; Hbr 10:28-31; Hbr 12:25Rev 14:10-11; Rev 19:3; Rev 20:10

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

1Strong's Number: g1557Greek: ekdikesis

Punishment:

for 1Pe 2:14, AV, "punishment" (RV, "vengeance"), see AVENGE, B, No. 2.

2Strong's Number: g2009Greek: epitimia

Punishment:

in the NT denotes "penalty, punishment," 2Cr 2:6. Originally it signified the enjoyment of the rights and privileges of citizenship; then it became used of the estimate (time) fixed by a judge on the infringement of such rights, and hence, in general, a "penalty."

3Strong's Number: g2851Greek: kolasis

Punishment:

akin to kolazo (PUNISH, No. 1), "punishment," is used in Mat 25:46, "(eternal) punishment," and 1Jo 4:18, "(fear hath) punishment," RV (AV, "torment"), which there describes a process, not merely an effect; this kind of fear is expelled by perfect love; where God's love is being perfected in us, it gives no room for the fear of meeting with His reprobation; the "punishment" referred to is the immediate consequence of the sense of sin, not a holy awe but a slavish fear, the negation of the enjoyment of love.

4Strong's Number: g1349Greek: dike

Punishment:

"justice," or "the execution of a sentence," is translated "punishment" in Jud 1:7, RV (AV, "vengeance").
See JUSTICE.

5Strong's Number: g5098Greek: timoria

Punishment:

primarily "help" (see PUNISH, No. 2), denotes "vengeance, punishment," Hbr 10:29.

Note: The distinction, sometimes suggested, between No. 3 as being disciplinary, with special reference to the sufferer, and No. 5, as being penal, with reference to the satisfaction of him who inflicts it, cannot be maintained in the Koine Greek of NT times.