Scourge
שֹׁטֵטStrong’s H7850shotet (sho-tet)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Shotet is the Hebrew word usually translated “scourge”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.”
Meaning
- Scourge
How it's translated
- and a scourge 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 1
1 book in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
שֹׁטֵט shotet · scourge
scourge
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “scourge” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SCOURGE, noun
skurj. [Latin corriggia, from corrigo, to straighten.]
- To whip; a lash consisting of a strap or cord; an instrument of punishment or discipline.“A scourge of small cords” John 2:15
- A punishment; vindictive affliction.
- He or that which greatly afflicts, harasses or destroys; particularly, any continued evil or calamity.
- A whip for a top.
All definitions and other forms of “scourge”
SCOURGE, verb transitive
skurj.
- To whip severely; to lash.“It is lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman?” Acts 22:25
- To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction.“Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth” Hebrews 12:6
- To afflict greatly; to harass, torment or injure.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.