Whip Scourge

† שׁוֹט n.m. Is 28:15 scourge, whip (NH id., so Arabic سَوْطٌ, سَاطَ (و) mix, stir about and beat; Ethiopic ሰውጥ: Aramaic שׁוֹטָא, ܫܰܘܛܳܐ; from foregoing? cf. Germ. streifen; or onomat., cf. swish, switch?);—שׁ׳ abs. Is 10:26 +, cstr. Jb 5:21; pl. שׁוֹטִים 1 K 12:11 +;— 1. scourge, for chastisement, 1 K 12:11, 14 = 2 Ch 10:11, 12 (all c. vb. יִסַּר); fig. of national scourge (wielded by י׳) Is 10:26; 28:15 (Qr; > Kt שׁיט), v 18 (both שׁ׳ שׁוֹטֵף, v. שׁטף), calamity Jb 9:23; lash of (accusing) tongue Jb 5:21 (read מִשּׁ׳ as 𝔊). 2. whip, for horse, קוֹל שׁ׳ Na 3:2 i.e. crack of whip, שׁ׳ לַסּוּס Pr 26:3 (‖ שֵׁבֶט לְגֵו כְּסִילִים).

μάστ-ιξ, ῑγος, ἡ, whip, scourge, mostly for driving horses, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἵππου μ. horse-whip, Refs 5th c.BC+; λιγυρὰ μ. διπλῆ Refs 5th c.BC+; later, scourge, ὑπὸ μαστίγων διαβαίνειν to cross under the lash, of soldiers flogged on, Refs 5th c.BC+; μάστιγ᾽ ἔχων whip in hand, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II metaphorically, scourge, plague, μάστιξ Διός Refs 8th c.BC+; διπλῇ μ., τὴν Ἄρης φιλεῖ, i.e. fire and sword, Refs; μ. [Θεοῦ], of sickness, NT; but μάστιξ Πειθοῦς the lash of eloquence, Refs 5th c.BC+ — _Ionic dialect_ μάστις (which see): μάστιγξ is not found.

φραγέλλ-ιον, τό, = Latin flagellum, NT __II name of a weight, φ. σιδαρᾶ β Refs 4th c.AD+

† שֹׁטֵט n.[m.] scourge;—abs. שׁ׳ בְּצִדֵּיכֶם Jos 23:13 (D; national scourge; שׁוֹטִים).