1. (n.) A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip.

2. (n.) Hence, a means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or suffering; an infliction of affliction; a punishment.

3. (n.) To whip severely; to lash.

4. (n.) To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction.

5. (n.) To harass or afflict severely.

SCOURGE; SCOURGING

skurj, skur'-jing (mastix], mastigoo; in Acts 22:25 mastizo, in Mark 15:15 parallel Matthew 27:26 phragelloo): A Roman implement for severe bodily punishment. Horace calls it horribile flagellum. It consisted of a handle, to which several cords or leather thongs were affixed, which were weighted with jagged pieces of bone or metal, to make the blow more painful and effective. It is comparable, in its horrid effects, only with the Russian knout. The victim was tied to a post (Acts 22:25) and the blows were applied to the back and loins, sometimes even, in the wanton cruelty of the executioner, to the face and the bowels. In the tense position of the body, the effect can easily be imagined. So hideous was the punishment that the victim usually fainted and not rarely died under it. Eusebius draws a horribly realistic picture of the torture of scourging (Historia Ecclesiastica, IV, 15). By its application secrets and confessions were wrung from the victim (Acts 22:24). It usually preceded capital punishment (Livy xxxiii.36). It was illegal to apply the flagallum to a Roman citizen (Acts 22:25), since the Porcian and Sempronian laws, 248 and 123 B.C., although these laws were not rarely broken in the provinces (Tac. Hist. iv0.27; Cic. Verr. v.6, 62; Josephus, BJ, II, xiv, 9). As among the Russians today, the number of blows was not usually fixed, the severity of the punishment depending entirely on the commanding officer. In the punishment of Jesus, we are reminded of the words of Psalm 129:3. Among the Jews the punishment of flagellation was well known since the Egyptian days, as the monuments abundantly testify. The word "scourge" is used in Leviticus 19:20, but the American Standard Revised Version translates "punished," the original word biqqoreth expressing the idea of investigation. Deuteronomy 25:3 fixed the mode of a Jewish flogging and limits the number of blows to 40. Apparently the flogging was administered by a rod. The Syrians reintroduced true scourging into Jewish life, when Antiochus Epiphanes forced them by means of it to eat swine's flesh (2 Maccabees 6:30; 7:1). Later it was legalized by Jewish law and became customary (Matthew 10:17; Matthew 23:34 Acts 22:19; Acts 26:11), but the traditional limitation of the number of blows was still preserved. Says Paul in his "foolish boasting": "in stripes above measure," "of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one," distinguishing it from the "beatings with rods," thrice repeated (2 Corinthians 11:23-25).

The other Old Testament references (Job 5:21; Job 9:23 Isaiah 10:26; Isaiah 28:15, 18 shot; Joshua 23:13 shotet) are figurative for "affliction." Notice the curious mixture of metaphors in the phrase "over-flowing scourge" (Isaiah 28:15-18).

Henry E. Dosker

3146. mastigoo -- to scourge
... to scourge. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: mastigoo Phonetic Spelling:
(mas-tig-o'-o) Short Definition: I flog, scourge Definition: I flog, scourge, the ...
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3147. mastizo -- to whip, scourge
... to whip, scourge. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: mastizo Phonetic Spelling:
(mas-tid'-zo) Short Definition: I flog, scourge Definition: I flog, scourge ...
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3148. mastix -- a whip, scourge
... a whip, scourge. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: mastix Phonetic
Spelling: (mas'-tix) Short Definition: a scourge, lash, sufferings Definition ...
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5416. phragellion -- a scourge
... a scourge. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: phragellion Phonetic Spelling:
(frag-el'-le-on) Short Definition: a scourge, lash Definition: a scourge ...
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5417. phragelloo -- to scourge
... to scourge. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: phragelloo Phonetic Spelling:
(frag-el-lo'-o) Short Definition: I flagellate, scourge Definition: I flagellate ...
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1194. dero -- to skin, to thrash
... to skin, to thrash. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: dero Phonetic Spelling:
(der'-o) Short Definition: I flay, flog, scourge, beat Definition: I flay, flog ...
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1371. dichotomeo -- to cut in two, cut asunder
... cut asunder. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: dichotomeo Phonetic Spelling:
(dee-khot-om-eh'-o) Short Definition: I cut in two, scourge severely Definition ...
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4463. rhabdizo -- to beat with a rod
... to beat with a rod. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: rhabdizo Phonetic Spelling:
(hrab-did'-zo) Short Definition: I beat with rods, scourge Definition: I ...
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2438. himas -- a thong, strap
... a thong, strap. Perhaps from the same as hama; a strap, ie (specially) the tie
(of a sandal) or the lash (of a scourge) -- latchet, thong. see GREEK hama. ...
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7752. shot -- a scourge, whip
... 7751c, 7752. shot. 7753 . a scourge, whip. Transliteration: shot Phonetic
Spelling: (shote) Short Definition: scourge. Word Origin ...
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7850. shotet -- a scourge
... a scourge. Transliteration: shotet Phonetic Spelling: (sho-tate') Short Definition:
whip. Word Origin from shut Definition a scourge NASB Word Usage whip (1). ...
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5217. naka -- to smite, scourge
... 5216, 5217. naka. 5218 . to smite, scourge. Transliteration: naka Phonetic
Spelling: (naw-kaw') Short Definition: scourged. Word Origin a prim. ...
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7885. shayit -- a rowing
... oar, scourge. From shuwt; an oar; also (compare showt) a scourge (figuratively) --
oar, scourge. see HEBREW shuwt. see HEBREW showt. 7884, 7885. shayit. 7886 ...
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6879. tsara -- to be struck with leprosy, to be leprous
... leper, leprous. A primitive root; to scourge, ie (intransitive and figurative) to
be stricken with leprosy -- leper, leprous. 6878, 6879. tsara. 6880 . ...
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6137. aqrab -- scorpion
... scorpion. Of uncertain derivation; a scorpion; figuratively, a scourge or knotted
whip -- scorpion. 6136b, 6137. aqrab. 6138 . Strong's Numbers.
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"Sin is the Sharpest Scourge. . . . By Contrition we are Made ...
... THE THIRTEENTH REVELATION CHAPTER XXXIX "Sin is the sharpest scourge. . . .
By contrition ... worthy". "Sin is the sharpest scourge. . . . By ...
/.../julian/revelations of divine love/chapter xxxix sin is the.htm

And Lo, There was I Received by the Scourge of Bodily Sickness...
... Book V Chapter IX And lo, there was I received by the scourge of bodily
sickness? And lo, there was I received by the scourge ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter ix and lo there.htm

Various views of Heracleon on Purging of the Temple.
... And the scourge which Jesus made of small cords and did not receive from another,
he expounds in a way of his own, saying that the scourge is an image of the ...
/.../origens commentary on the gospel of john/19 various views of heracleon.htm

Scriptural Uses of the General Words for Prayer
... Thus in Exodus after the scourge of frogs, the second in order of the ten, "Pharaoh
called for Moses and Aaron and said to them: Pray unto the Lord for me that ...
/.../origen/origen on prayer/chapter ii scriptural uses of.htm

On the Words of the Gospel, Matt. v. 22, "Whosoever Shall Say to ...
... are perfected, let us bear our Tamer. For oftentimes does our Tamer bring
forth His scourge too. For if thou dost bring forth the ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon v on the words.htm

To Brother Raimondo of Capua of the Order of the Preachers
... I am doing as I did when I was in the world, when I made the scourge of cords, and
drove out those who sold and bought in the Temple, not choosing that the ...
/.../benincasa/letters of catherine benincasa/to brother raimondo of capua 3.htm

The Story of the Purging of the Temple Spiritualized. Taken ...
... of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth, [5060] when are there not
some money-changers sitting who need the strokes of the scourge Jesus made of ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of john/16 the story of the.htm

Ci. Foretelling his Passion. Rebuking Ambition.
... unto the chief priests and ^b the ^a scribes; and they shall condemn him to death,
19 and shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/ci foretelling his passion rebuking.htm

The Cleansing of the Temple.
... (John 2:15). 15. Made a scourge of small cords. The original implies that it was
made of rushes, which were carried in as bedding for cattle. ...
/.../the new testament commentary vol iii john/the cleansing of the temple.htm

The Cleansing of the Temple.
... And He found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers
of money sitting: and He made a scourge of cords, and cast all out of the ...
/.../the expositors bible the gospel of st john vol i/vi the cleansing of the.htm

Scourge (24 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) To harass or afflict severely. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SCOURGE;
SCOURGING. ... Henry E. Dosker. Multi-Version Concordance Scourge (24 Occurrences). ...
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Scourging (5 Occurrences)
... were fulfilled. Noah Webster's Dictionary. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scourge. Int.
Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SCOURGE; SCOURGING. skurj, skur ...
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Third (192 Occurrences)
... Matthew 20:19 and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to
crucify; and the third day he will be raised up." (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS ...
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Mock (43 Occurrences)
... Matthew 20:19 and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to
crucify; and the third day he will be raised up." (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS ...
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Kill (310 Occurrences)
... Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your
synagogues, and persecute from city to city; (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV ...
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Overwhelming (5 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 28:15 Because ye have said: 'We have made a covenant with death, and with
the nether-world are we at agreement; when the scouring scourge shall pass ...
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Lash (2 Occurrences)
... to form the figure. 7. (vt) To strike with a lash ; to whip or scourge
with a lash, or with something like one. 8. (vt) To strike ...
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Crucify (20 Occurrences)
... Matthew 20:19 and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to
crucify; and the third day he will be raised up." (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS ...
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Synagogues (27 Occurrences)
... NIV). Matthew 10:17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils,
and in their synagogues they will scourge you. (WEB ...
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Scourged (13 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Scourge. Multi-Version Concordance
Scourged (13 Occurrences). Matthew 20:19 and hand Him ...
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