Dictionary entry

δέρω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

δέρω

[in LXX: Le 1:6, II Ch 29:3435:11 (פָּשַׁט hi.)*;]

1. to skin, flay.

2. (of. Eng. slang, hide) to beat, thrash: c. acc, Mt 21:35, Mk 12:3, 5, Lk 20:10, 1122:63, Jo 18:23, Ac 5:4016:3722:19; ὡς ἀέρα δέρων, I Co 9:26; εἰς πρόσωπου δ., II Co 11:20. Pass., Mk 13:9, Lk 12:47, 48 (δαρήσεται πολλάς, ὀλίγας, sc. πληγάς).†