Scourging (-s) <1,,3148, mastix>
"a whip, scourge," is used (a) with the meaning "scourging," in Act 22:24, of the Roman method (see above, B, No. 1, Note); (b) in Heb 11:36, of the "sufferings" of saints in the OT times. Among the Hebrews the usual mode, legal and domestic, was that of beating with a rod (see 2Co 11:25); (c) metaphorically, of "disease" or "suffering:" see PLAGUE, No. 1.
