Quick Definition
scourge
Strong's Definition
to flog; a goad
Derivation: active participle of an otherwise unused root meaning (properly, to pierce; but only as a denominative from H7752 (שׁוֹט))
KJV Usage: scourge.
TWOT Reference: 2344b
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) scourge
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שֹׁטֵט (sho.tet) — scourge. scourge
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · שׁוט
Impact
scourge = causative process by which an event has a tremendous impact on someone, ◄ compared to a beating with a whip, ► resulting in suffering and/or loss of life
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שֹׁטֵט n.[m.] scourge;—abs. Jos 23:13 ref