Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (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. 2. (n.) A counter for refreshments; a restaurant at a railroad station, or place of public gathering. 3. (n.) A blow with the hand; a slap on the face; a cuff. 4. (n.) 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. 5. (n.) A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter. 6. (v. t.) To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap. 7. (v. t.) To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows. 8. (v. t.) To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper. 9. (v. i.) To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend. 10. (v. i.) To make one's way by blows or struggling. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia BUFFET buf'-et (kolaphizo, "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 hupopiazo, 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). L. Kaiser

Multi-Version Concordance Buffet (4 Occurrences) Matthew 26:67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands, (Root in KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT) Mark 14:65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands. (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT) 1 Corinthians 9:27 but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected. (ASV DBY) 2 Corinthians 12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)