STRONGS G3146:
μαστιγόω,
μαστίγω, 3 person singular
μαστιγοῖ; future
μαστιγώσω; 1 aorist
ἐμαστιγωσα; (
μάστιξ); from
Herodotus down; the
Sept. chiefly for
הִכָּה;
to scourge; properly:
τινα,
Matthew 10:17;
Matthew 20:19;
Matthew 23:34;
Mark 10:34;
Luke 18:33;
John 19:1; (cf.
B. D. under the word ; Farrar, St. Paul, vol. i. excurs. xi.). metaphorically, of God as a father chastising and training men as children by afflictions:
Hebrews 12:6; cf.
Jeremiah 5:3;
Proverbs 3:12; Judith 8:27.
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