G5178Greekἐtympanísthēsan
ἐτυμπανίσθησαν
to stretch on an instrument of torture resembling a drum, and thus beat to death
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Detailed Definition
- 1to beat the drum or timbrel
- 2to torture with the tympanum, an instrument of punishment
Etymology & Derivation
from a derivative of g5180 (meaning a drum, "tympanum")
Scholarly Notes
the tympanum seems to have been a wheel shaped instrument of torture, over which criminals were stretched as though they were skins and then horribly beaten with clubs or thongs (compare the english phrase "break upon the wheel").