κολάζω
(κόλος, docked), [in LXX: Dan.6:12 (13) (no Heb.), I Est.8:24, Wis.3:4 (and freq.), 1Ma.7:7, al. ;]
__1. to curtail, dock, prune.
__2. to check, restrain.
__3. to chastise, correct, punish: pass., 2Pe.2:9; mid., cause to be punished (3Ma.7:3): Act.4:21.†
(AS)