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  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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