Definition

to flog; a goad

Etymology

active participle of an otherwise unused root meaning (properly, to pierce; but only as a denominative from H7752 (שׁוֹט))

Word family

• שׁוֹט shôwṭ

How the KJV renders it

• scourge

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.