Punishment

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

in the NT denotes "penalty, punishment," 2—Corinthians 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."

akin to kolazo (PUNISH, No. 1), "punishment," is used in Matthew 25:46 , "(eternal) punishment," and 1—John 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.

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

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