κολάζω
(< κόλος, docked), [in LXX: Da 6:12 (13) (no Heb.), I Es 8:24, Wi 3:4 (and freq.), I Mac 7:7, al.;]
1. to curtail, dock, prune.
2. to check, restrain.
3. to chastise, correct, punish: pass., II Pe 2:9; mid., cause to be punished (III Mac 7:3): Ac 4:21.†