Scourging

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              Is it lawful for you to scourge a . . . Roman?


                                                    --Acts xxii.
                                                    25.
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     2. To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for
        sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction.
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              Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth
              every son whom he receiveth.          --Heb. xii. 6.
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     3. To harass or afflict severely.
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              To scourge and impoverish the people. --Brougham.
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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.