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scourging |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scourge \Scourge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scourged}; p. pr & vb n. {Scourging}.] [From {Scourge}, n.: cf OF escorgier.] 1. To whip severely; to lash. Is it lawful for you to scourge a . . . Roman? --Acts xxii. 25. 2. To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction. Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth --Heb. xii. 6. 3. To harass or afflict severely. To scourge and impoverish the people. --Brougham. From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Scourging (1 Kings 12:11). Variously administered. In no case were the stripes to exceed forty (Deut. 25:3; comp. 2 Cor. 11:24). In the time of the apostles, in consequence of the passing of what was called the Porcian law, no Roman citizen could be scourged in any case (Acts 16:22-37). (See {BASTINADO}.) In the scourging of our Lord (Matt. 27:26; Mark 15:15) the words of prophecy (Isa. 53:5) were fulfilled.
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