Buffet

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: Κολαφίζω (Strong'S #2852 — Verb — kolaphizo — kol-af-id'-zo )

signifies "to strike with clenched hands, to buffet with the fist" (kolaphos, "a fist"),  Matthew 26:67;  Mark 14:65;  1—Corinthians 4:11;  2—Corinthians 12:7;  1—Peter 2:20 .

2: Ὑπωπιάζω (Strong'S #5299 — Verb — hupopiazo — hoop-o-pee-ad'-zo )

lit., "to strike under the eye" (from hupopion, "the part of the face below the eye;" hupo, "under," ops, "an eye"), hence, to beat the face black and blue (to give a black eye), is used metaphorically, and translated "buffet" in  1—Corinthians 9:27 (AV, "keep under"), of Paul's suppressive treatment of his body, in order to keep himself spiritually fit (RV marg., "bruise"); so RV marg. in   Luke 18:5 , of the persistent widow, text, "wear out" (AV, "weary"). See Keep , Wear , Weary.

Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament

The word ‘buffet’ is used in Authorized Versionas the translation of κολαφίζω (lit.[Note: literally, literature.]‘to give one blows with the fists, or slaps on the ear’), which means ‘to treat with violence and contempt.’ The verb is found only in the NT and later ecclesiastical writers, and is probably colloquial. In the exhortation to slaves in  1 Peter 2:20 it is used to describe the rough usage to which such persons were subjected by heathen masters as a punishment for their offences. The fact that it is so used, is probably the reason why it is preferred to other terms of similar import in  1 Corinthians 4:11 (‘we are buffeted’), where it is vividly descriptive of the ill usage which St. Paul constantly experienced in pursuit of his apostolic mission, especially when contrasted with the happier fortune of his Corinthian converts (‘ye reigned as kings’),  1 Corinthians 9:27 Revised Versiongives ‘buffet’ as the rendering also of ὑπωπιάζω (from ὑπό and ὤψ, ‘to hit under the eye,’ and then ‘to beat black and blue’), a word admirably fitted to express the hardships and sufferings endured by St. Paul in the course of his ministry, and patiently submitted to as a salutary means of spiritual discipline. The fact that the Apostle speaks of himself as the agent in producing the discipline (‘I buffet my body’) need not be taken as evidence that ascetic practices, or bodily mortifications, are intended. He regarded his body as an antagonist to be subdued by the willing acceptance of adverse circumstances fitted to promote his personal sanctification.

W. S. Montgomery.

Webster's Dictionary

(1): (v. i.) A blow with the hand; a slap on the face; a cuff.

(2): (v. t.) To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap.

(3): (v. t.) To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.

(4): (v. i.) To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend.

(5): (n.) A counter for refreshments; a restaurant at a railroad station, or place of public gathering.

(6): (v. i.) A blow from any source, or that which affects like a blow, as the violence of winds or waves; a stroke; an adverse action; an affliction; a trial; adversity.

(7): (v. i.) A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter.

(8): (n.) A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc., a sideboard.

(9): (v. t.) To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows.

(10): (v. i.) To make one's way by blows or struggling.

King James Dictionary

BUFF'ET, n. A cupboard, or set of shelves, for plates, glass, china and other like furniture. It was formerly and is still in some parts of the country, an apartment erected on one side of a room but in more fashionable houses,it has been laid aside, and a side board substituted, which is now considered as the buffet. But as far as my knowledge extends, the name has become, in a great measure, obsolete, except among the common people,by whom it is pronounced bofat.

BUFF'ET, n. A blow with the fist a box on the ear or face a slap.

BUFF'ET, To strike with the hand or fist to box to beat.

They spit in his face and buffetted him. Math 26

1. To beat in contention to contend against as, to buffet the billows.

BUFF'ET, To exercise or play at boxing.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

buf´et ( κολαφίζω , kolaphı́zō , "to beat with the fist"): Refers to bodily maltreatment and violence: "Then did they spit in his face and buffet him" ( Matthew 26:67;  Mark 14:65;  1 Corinthians 4:11;  1 Peter 2:20 ). Paul speaks of "a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me" ( 2 Corinthians 12:7 ). Used figuratively of self-control: "I buffet (the King James Version keep under , the Revised Version, margin "bruise") my body, and bring it into bondage" ( 1 Corinthians 9:27 ). The Greek in this passage reads ὑπωπιάζω , hupōpiázō , literally "to give a blow beneath the eye." In  Luke 18:5 the same word is rendered "wear out": "Lest she wear roe out by her continual coming" (the King James Version "weary me" the Revised Version, margin "bruise me") (see Pape's Lexicon , under the word).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

( Κολαφίζω ) , to box about or Slap with the hand or fist, whether in derision ( Matthew 26:67;  Mark 14:64), opposition ( 2 Corinthians 12:7), affliction ( 1 Corinthians 4:11), or punishment ( 1 Peter 2:20).