Strong's Concordance
Original word: κολάζω
Transliteration: kolazó
Definition (short): punish
Definition (full): to chastise
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: from kolos (docked)
Definition: to chastise
NASB Translation: punish (1), punishment (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
From kolos (dwarf); properly, to curtail, i.e. (figuratively) to chastise (or reserve for infliction) -- punish.
References
KJV:
So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.
NASB:
When they had threatened them further, they let them go (finding no basis on which to punish them) on account of the people, because they were all glorifying God for what had happened;