Wounding
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Definition and Context:
Wounding, in the biblical context, refers to the infliction of physical injury or harm, often as a result of violence, conflict, or divine judgment. It can also metaphorically represent emotional or spiritual harm. The Bible addresses wounding in various contexts, including warfare, personal conflict, and divine retribution.

Old Testament References:
Wounding is frequently mentioned in the Old Testament, often in the context of warfare and divine judgment. In Deuteronomy 32:39, God declares His sovereignty over life and death, including the power to wound and heal: "See now that I am He; there is no god besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand."

The concept of wounding is also present in the laws given to Israel. Exodus 21:18-19 provides guidelines for dealing with personal injuries: "If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed, then the one who struck him shall go unpunished if the other can get up and walk around outside with his staff. Nevertheless, he must pay for the injured man’s lost time and see that he is fully healed."

Prophetic and Poetic Literature:
The prophets often use the imagery of wounding to describe the consequences of Israel's sin and the resulting divine judgment. For example, in Isaiah 1:6, the nation is described as being wounded from head to toe due to its rebellion: "From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores, not cleansed or bandaged or soothed with oil."

The Psalms also reflect on the theme of wounding, both physical and emotional. Psalm 147:3 speaks of God's healing power: "He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds."

New Testament References:
In the New Testament, wounding is often associated with the suffering of Christ and the persecution of believers. The wounds of Christ are central to the Christian faith, symbolizing His sacrifice for humanity's sins. Isaiah 53:5, a prophecy fulfilled in the New Testament, states: "But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed."

The Apostle Paul also speaks of bearing the marks of Jesus in his body, referring to the physical wounds and scars he received for the sake of the Gospel (Galatians 6:17).

Spiritual and Metaphorical Wounding:
Beyond physical harm, the Bible addresses spiritual and emotional wounding. Proverbs 18:14 highlights the impact of a wounded spirit: "The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?" This underscores the importance of spiritual and emotional well-being.

Healing and Restoration:
The Bible consistently points to God as the ultimate healer of wounds, both physical and spiritual. The promise of healing and restoration is a recurring theme, as seen in Jeremiah 30:17: "For I will restore health to you, and I will heal your wounds, declares the LORD."

In the New Testament, Jesus is portrayed as the Great Physician, healing the sick and wounded, both physically and spiritually. His ministry is a testament to God's compassion and power to restore wholeness.

Conclusion:
While the Bible acknowledges the reality of wounding, it also offers hope through the promise of healing and restoration. The ultimate healing is found in the redemptive work of Christ, who bore the wounds of humanity's sin and offers peace and reconciliation with God.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wound.
Greek
5180. tupto -- to strike, smite, beat
... Word Origin a prim. verb Definition to strike, smite, beat NASB Word Usage beat
(3), beating (5), hits (1), strike (2), struck (1), wounding (1). ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5180.htm - 7k
Strong's Hebrew
6482. petsa -- a bruise, wound
... Word Origin from patsa Definition a bruise, wound NASB Word Usage bruises
(1), wound (3), wounding (1), wounds (3). wounding. From ...
/hebrew/6482.htm - 6k

6481. patsa -- to bruise, wound by bruising
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to bruise, wound by bruising NASB Word Usage
emasculated* (1), one (1), wounded (1), wounding* (1). wound. ...
/hebrew/6481.htm - 6k

5221. nakah -- to smite
... down (2), struck (120), struck down (54), stuck (1), surely strike (1), take (5),
taken (2), takes (2), thrust (1), troubled (1), wounded (5), wounding* (1). ...
/hebrew/5221.htm - 7k

Library

Whether Love is a Passion that Wounds the Lover?
... for it is written (Cant 2:5): "Stay me up with flowers, compass me about with apples;
because I languish with love." Therefore love is a wounding passion. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether love is a passion.htm

Letter xxxiv. (AD 396. )
... A young man is reproved by his bishop for frequently beating his mother like a madman,
and not restraining his impious hands from wounding her who bore him ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/letter xxxiv a d 396.htm

Letter vii. Tact --Unobtrusiveness.
... whom we are associated comfortable and happy, since in order to do this we must
constantly guard against arousing antagonisms or wounding the susceptibilities ...
/.../letter vii tactunobtrusiveness.htm

Whether the Pain of Christ's Passion was Greater than all Other ...
... For the cause of the sensitive pain was the wounding of His body; and this wounding
had its bitterness, both from the extent of the suffering already mentioned ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the pain of christs.htm

"In the Volume of the Book it is Written of Me" (Heb. . .
... And Lamech said unto his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; "Ye wives of Lamech,
hearken unto my speech: For I have slain a man for wounding me, and a ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pink/the antichrist/in the volume of the.htm

Letter cclx. To Optimus the Bishop.
... 5. Your next question is of a kindred character, concerning the words of Lamech
to his wives; "I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/letter cclx to optimus the.htm

In Reference to Daniel My Answer Will be that I did not Say that ...
... Your Origen, or, that I may not seem to be wounding you with fictitious praises,
our Origen, (for I may call him ours for his genius and learning, though not ...
/.../33 in reference to daniel.htm

The Doctrine of Non-Resistance to Evil by Force Has Been Professed ...
... In a whole series of arguments and texts showing that war"that is, the wounding
and killing of men"is inconsistent with a religion founded on peace and ...
/.../tolstoy/the kingdom of god is within you/chapter i the doctrine of.htm

The Philosophers
... prey is found or lost, it would indeed also speak in regard to those things which
affect it closer, as example, "Gnaw me this cord which is wounding me, and ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pascal/pensees/section vi the philosophers.htm

Of Uncharitable Truth.
... for he inflicts more than he suffers, and in lieu of some trivial right of his which
is invaded, he assaults the other in a nearer interest, by wounding him in ...
/.../allestree/the government of the tongue/section vi of uncharitable truth.htm

Thesaurus
Wounding (24 Occurrences)
... (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wound. Multi-Version Concordance Wounding (24 Occurrences).
Acts 21:13 Then Paul said, What are you doing, weeping and wounding my heart? ...
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Wound (58 Occurrences)
... (KJV WBS YLT). 1 Corinthians 8:12 Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding
their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. ...
/w/wound.htm - 24k

Code (6 Occurrences)
... Process 2. Theft, Burglary, Robbery 3. Laws concerning Vassalage 4. Immovables 5.
Trader and Agent 6. Taverns 7. Deposits 8. Family 9. Concerning Wounding, etc ...
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Hammurabi
... Process 2. Theft, Burglary, Robbery 3. Laws concerning Vassalage 4. Immovables 5.
Trader and Agent 6. Taverns 7. Deposits 8. Family 9. Concerning Wounding, etc ...
/h/hammurabi.htm - 47k

Zillah (3 Occurrences)
... You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, for I have slain a man for wounding me,
a young man for bruising me. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
/z/zillah.htm - 7k

Lamech (11 Occurrences)
... You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, for I have slain a man for wounding me,
a young man for bruising me. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
/l/lamech.htm - 12k

Giver (21 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 32:39 See now, I myself am he; there is no other god but me: giver of
death and life, wounding and making well: and no one has power to make you ...
/g/giver.htm - 12k

Wounds (57 Occurrences)

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Workman's (1 Occurrence)
... 5:26 She put out her hand to the tent-pin, and her right hand to the workman's hammer;
and she gave Sisera a blow, crushing his head, wounding and driving ...
/w/workman's.htm - 6k

Woundeth (3 Occurrences)

/w/woundeth.htm - 7k

Resources
What does it mean that Christ was wounded for our transgressions (Isaiah 53:5)? | GotQuestions.org

What is shamanism? | GotQuestions.org

Who was King Ahaziah in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

Wounding: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Wounding (24 Occurrences)

Acts 21:13
Then Paul said, What are you doing, weeping and wounding my heart? for I am ready, not only to be a prisoner, but to be put to death at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
(BBE)

1 Corinthians 8:12
Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.
(WEB ASV DBY NAS RSV)

Genesis 4:23
Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, hear my voice. You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, for I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 49:23
He was troubled by the archers; they sent out their arrows against him, cruelly wounding him:
(BBE)

Leviticus 24:18
And anyone wounding a beast and causing its death, will have to make payment for it: a life for a life.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 32:39
See now, I myself am he; there is no other god but me: giver of death and life, wounding and making well: and no one has power to make you free from my hand.
(BBE)

Judges 5:26
She put out her hand to the tent-pin, and her right hand to the workman's hammer; and she gave Sisera a blow, crushing his head, wounding and driving through his brow.
(BBE)

1 Samuel 17:50
So David overcame the Philistine with his leather band and a stone, wounding the Philistine and causing his death: but David had no sword in his hand.
(BBE)

1 Kings 20:37
Then he found another man, and said, "Please strike me." The man struck him, smiting and wounding him.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE YLT NAS RSV)

2 Kings 9:24
Then Jehu took his bow in his hand, and with all his strength sent an arrow, wounding Joram between the arms; and the arrow came out at his heart, and he went down on his face in his carriage.
(BBE)

Job 5:18
For after his punishment he gives comfort, and after wounding, his hands make you well.
(BBE)

Job 18:4
But come back, now, come: you who are wounding yourself in your passion, will the earth be given up because of you, or a rock be moved out of its place?
(BBE)

Psalms 7:2
So that he may not come rushing on my soul like a lion, wounding it, while there is no one to be my saviour.
(BBE)

Psalms 35:15
But they took pleasure in my trouble, and came together, yes, low persons came together against me without my knowledge; they never came to an end of wounding me.
(BBE)

Psalms 144:10
It is God who gives salvation to kings; and who kept his servant David from the wounding sword.
(BBE)

Proverbs 20:30
Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.
(WEB DBY)

Proverbs 26:10
Like an archer wounding all who go by, is a foolish man overcome by drink.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 16:6
Death will overtake great as well as small in the land: their bodies will not be put in a resting-place, and no one will be weeping for them or wounding themselves or cutting off their hair for them:
(BBE)

Jeremiah 47:5
The hair is cut off from the head of Gaza; Ashkelon has come to nothing; the last of the Anakim are deeply wounding themselves.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 49:3
Make sounds of grief, O Heshbon, for Ai is wasted; give loud cries, O daughters of Rabbah, and put haircloth round you: give yourselves to weeping, running here and there and wounding yourselves; for Milcom will be taken prisoner together with his rulers and his priests.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 16:40
And they will get together a meeting against you, stoning you with stones and wounding you with their swords.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 28:9
Will you say, in the face of those who are taking your life, I am God? but you are man and not God in the hands of those who are wounding you.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 28:24
And there will no longer be a plant with sharp points wounding the children of Israel, or a thorn troubling them among any who are round about them, who put shame on them; and they will be certain that I am the Lord.
(BBE DBY)

Habakkuk 3:13
You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of the one on whom your holy oil was put; wounding the head of the family of the evil-doer, uncovering the base even to the neck. Selah.
(BBE)

Subtopics

Wounding

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Injures (4 Occurrences)

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