Dictionaries :: Scourging (-s)

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Scourging (-s):

"a whip, scourge," is used

(a) with the meaning "scourging," in Act 22:24, of the Roman method (see above, B, No. 1, Note);

(b) in Hbr 11:36, of the "sufferings" of saints in the OT times. Among the Hebrews the usual mode, legal and domestic, was that of beating with a rod (see 2Cr 11:25);

(c) metaphorically, of "disease" or "suffering:" see PLAGUE, No. 1.