Bible Dictionary: Blows

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Greek

4127. plege -- a blow, wound
... Word Origin from plesso Definition a blow, wound NASB Word Usage beat* (1), beaten
(1), beatings (1), blows (1), flogging (1), plague (3), plagues (10), wound ...
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5114. tomos -- sharp
... derivative of the primary temno (to cut; more comprehensive or decisive than kopto,
as if by a single stroke; whereas that implies repeated blows, like hacking ...
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4154. pneo -- to blow
... wind. Word Origin a prim. verb Definition to blow NASB Word Usage blew
(2), blow (1), blowing (2), blows (1), wind (1). blow. A ...
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5180. tupto -- to strike, smite, beat
... primary verb (in a strengthened form); to "thump", ie Cudgel or pummel (properly,
with a stick or bastinado), but in any case by repeated blows; thus differing ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4112. mahalummoth -- strokes, blows
... 4111, 4112. mahalummoth. 4113 . strokes, blows. Transliteration: mahalummoth
Phonetic Spelling: (mah-hal-oom-maw') Short Definition: blows. ...
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5380. nashab -- to blow
... blow. Word Origin a prim. root Definition to blow NASB Word Usage blow
(1), blows (1), drove away (1). cause to blow, drive away. ...
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5301. naphach -- to breathe, blow
... root Definition to breathe, blow NASB Word Usage blow (3), blows (1), boiling (2),
breathe (1), breathed (1), breathing is labored* (1), disdainfully sniff (1 ...
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5674a. abar -- to pass over, through, or by, pass on
... root Definition to pass over, through, or by, pass on NASB Word Usage accompanied
(1), alienate (1), all* (1), avert (1), beyond* (1), blows away (1), bring (2 ...
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3256. yasar -- to discipline, chasten, admonish
... A primitive root; to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words);
hence, to instruct -- bind, chasten, chastise, correct, instruct, punish ...
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5398. nashaph -- to blow
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to blow NASB Word Usage blew (1), blows (1).
blow. A primitive root; to breeze, ie Blow up fresh (as the wind) -- blow. ...
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6014. amar -- to bind sheaves
... A primitive root; properly, apparently to heap; figuratively, to chastise (as if
piling blows); specifically (as denominative from omer) to gather grain ...
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8628. taqa -- to thrust, clap, give a blow, blast
... root Definition to thrust, clap, give a blow, blast NASB Word Usage blew (19), blow
(20), blowing (1), blown (7), blows (1), camped (1), clap (2), drive (1 ...
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3918. layish -- a lion
... old lion. From luwsh in the sense of crushing; a lion (from his destructive blows) --
(old)lion. see HEBREW luwsh. 3917b, 3918. layish. 3919 . Strong's Numbers
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5221. nakah -- to smite
... root Definition to smite NASB Word Usage attack (5), attacked (6), attacks (3),
beat (3), beat down (1), beaten (5), beating (1), blows (1), bothered (1), cast ...
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Library

A Rum-Seller's Son Blows his Brains Out.
... A Rum-Seller's Son Blows his Brains Out. Look at that rum-seller. When
we talk to him he laughs at us. He tells you there is no ...
/.../moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/a rum-sellers son blows his.htm

From Every Stormy Wind that Blows
... I. DAILY PRAYER: Morning Daily Prayer: Through the Week 32. From every stormy wind
that blows. LM ... Hugh Stowell, 1828. From every stormy wind that blows,. ...
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Whether it is Lawful for Parents to Strike their Children, or ...
... Eph.9:6): "And you, masters, do the same thing to your slaves [Vulg.: 'to them']
forbearing threatenings." Now some are provoked to anger by blows, and become ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether it is lawful for 4.htm

Thus Tightening his Hold Upon Himself, Antony Departed to the ...
... pain. For he affirmed that the torture had been so excessive that no blows
inflicted by man could ever have caused him such torment. ...
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The Way the Sail is Set.
... But one way blows the wind. ... A voice made answer to my soul: "'Tis not how blows the
gale; Each voyager decides the goal By way he sets the sail.""Selected. ...
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To Brother Raimondo of Capua at Avignon
... That is a protection which does not let the blows of our adversary the devil pierce
our flesh with mortal wound, but makes us rather strengthened than weakened ...
/.../benincasa/letters of catherine benincasa/to brother raimondo of capua 2.htm

Of the Number of Different Conflicts and victories through which ...
... of the flesh: as he means by this that he is a vigorous bruiser of his own flesh,
and points out that not in vain has he planted his blows of continence ...
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Diamond and his Mother Sat Down Upon the Edge of the Rough Grass ...
... that dries in the wind. the sweetest wind. that blows by the river. flowing for
ever. ... whence comes the wind. that blows on the hollows. and over the shallows. ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 13 diamond and his.htm

A Homily on Guria and Shamuna, Composed by Mar Jacob.
... 3330]. Even though the whole body be lacerated with blows,. ... hidden. They gave
up their bodies both to blows and to dislocation, [3332]. ...
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Epistle Xl. To Mauricius Augustus.
... Almighty God incessantly every day, I surmise that it will be some amends for this
at the tremendous judgment, that I am smitten incessantly every day by blows ...
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Thesaurus

Blows (105 Occurrences)
...Blows (105 Occurrences). ... Matthew 21:35 And the workmen made an attack on his servants,
giving blows to one, putting another to death, and stoning another. (BBE). ...
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Shame (412 Occurrences)
... secretly. (See RSV). Matthew 26:67 Then they put shame on him, and were cruel
to him: and some gave him blows, saying, (BBE). Matthew ...
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Scourging (5 Occurrences)
... The victim was tied to a post (Acts 22:25) and the blows were applied to the back
and loins, sometimes even, in the wanton cruelty of the executioner, to the ...
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Scourge (24 Occurrences)
... The victim was tied to a post (Acts 22:25) and the blows were applied to the back
and loins, sometimes even, in the wanton cruelty of the executioner, to the ...
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Strike (168 Occurrences)
... 23. (vi) To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows. ... 25. (vi) To sound by
percussion, with blows, or as with blows; to be struck; as, the clock strikes. ...
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Cruel (196 Occurrences)
... with wine; (BBE). Matthew 26:67 Then they put shame on him, and were cruel
to him: and some gave him blows, saying, (BBE). Mark 5:7 ...
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Lee (3 Occurrences)
... ship. 4. (n.) That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward
which the wind blows. See Lee, a. 5. (a.) of or pertaining ...
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Workmen (52 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Matthew 21:35 And the workmen made an attack on his servants, giving blows
to one, putting another to death, and stoning another. (BBE). ...
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Inflict (25 Occurrences)
... or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose;
to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer; as, to inflict blows; to inflict ...
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Flogging (9 Occurrences)
... stripes. (See NIV). Proverbs 18:6 A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting,
and his mouth makes him open to blows. (See RSV). ...
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Bible Concordance

Blows (105 Occurrences)

Matthew 10:17 But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows;
(BBE)

Matthew 21:35 And the workmen made an attack on his servants, giving blows to one, putting another to death, and stoning another.
(BBE)

Matthew 23:34 For this reason, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them you will put to death and put on the cross, and to some of them you will give blows in your Synagogues, driving them from town to town;
(BBE)

Matthew 26:67 Then they put shame on him, and were cruel to him: and some gave him blows, saying,
(BBE)

Matthew 27:30 And they put shame on him, and gave him blows on the head with the rod.
(BBE)

Mark 10:34 And they will make sport of him, and put shame on him, and give him cruel blows, and will put him to death; and after three days he will come back from the dead.
(BBE)

Mark 12:3 And they took him, and gave him blows, and sent him away with nothing.
(BBE)

Mark 14:65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the officers received him with blows of their hands.
(ASV BBE RSV)

Mark 15:19 And they gave him blows on the head with a stick and put shame on him and, going down on their knees, gave him worship.
(BBE)

Luke 9:39 And see, a spirit takes him, and suddenly he gives a cry, twisted in pain and streaming at the lips, and when it goes away from him at last, he is marked as from blows.
(BBE)

Luke 10:30 And Jesus, answering him, said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he got into the hands of thieves, who took his clothing and gave him cruel blows, and when they went away, he was half dead.
(BBE YLT)

Luke 12:45 But if that servant says to himself, My lord is a long time coming; and goes about giving blows to the men-servants and the women-servants, feasting and taking overmuch wine;
(BBE)

Luke 12:47 And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;
(BBE NIV)

Luke 12:48 But he who, without knowledge, did things for which punishment is given, will get only a small number of blows. The man to whom much is given, will have to give much; if much is given into his care, of him more will be requested.
(BBE NIV)

Luke 12:55 When a south wind blows, you say,'There will be a scorching heat,' and it happens.
(WEB NIV)

Luke 13:25 When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from.
(BBE)

Luke 18:33 And he will be given cruel blows and put to death, and on the third day he will come back to life.
(BBE)

Luke 20:10 And at the right time he sent a servant to the workers to get part of the fruit from the vines; but the workmen gave him blows and sent him away with nothing.
(BBE)

Luke 20:11 And he sent another servant, and they gave blows to him in the same way, and put shame on him, and sent him away with nothing.
(BBE)

Luke 22:63 And the men in whose hands Jesus was, made sport of him and gave him blows.
(BBE)

John 3:8 The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don't know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."
(WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV NIV)

John 18:23 Jesus said in answer, If I have said anything evil, give witness to the evil: but if I said what is true, why do you give me blows?
(BBE)

John 19:3 And they kept coming and saying, Long life to the King of the Jews! And they gave him blows with their hands.
(BBE DBY)

Acts 12:16 But Peter went on giving blows on the door: and when it was open and they saw him, they were full of wonder.
(BBE)

Acts 16:23 And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:
(BBE YLT NAS RSV)

Acts 16:33 and having taken them, in that hour of the night, he did bathe 'them' from the blows, and was baptized, himself and all his presently,
(YLT)

Acts 18:17 And they all made an attack on Sosthenes, the ruler of the Synagogue, and gave him blows before the judge's seat; but Gallio gave no attention to these things.
(BBE)

Acts 21:32 And straight away he took some armed men and went quickly down to them: and the Jews, seeing them, gave no more blows to Paul.
(BBE)

Acts 22:25 And when they had put leather bands round him, Paul said to the captain who was present, Is it the law for you to give blows to a man who is a Roman and has not been judged?
(BBE)

Acts 23:3 Then Paul said to him, God will give blows to you, you whitewashed wall: are you here to be my judge by law, and by your orders am I given blows against the law?
(BBE)

1 Corinthians 4:11 Even to this hour we are without food, drink, and clothing, we are given blows and have no certain resting-place;
(BBE)

1 Corinthians 9:26 That is how I run, not being in any doubt as to my goal. I am a boxer who does not inflict blows on the air,
(WEY BBE)

1 Corinthians 9:27 But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval.
(BBE)

2 Corinthians 6:5 In blows, in prisons, in attacks, in hard work, in watchings, in going without food;
(BBE)

2 Corinthians 11:20 You put up with a man if he makes servants of you, if he makes profit out of you, if he makes you prisoners, if he puts himself in a high place, if he gives you blows on the face.
(BBE)

2 Corinthians 11:23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death.
(BBE)

2 Corinthians 11:24 Five times the Jews gave me forty blows but one.
(BBE)

1 Timothy 3:3 not a hard drinker nor given to blows; not selfish or quarrelsome or covetous;
(WEY BBE)

Titus 1:7 For, as God's steward, a minister must be of blameless life, not over-fond of having his own way, not a man of a passionate temper nor a hard drinker, not given to blows nor greedy of gain,
(WEY BBE)

Hebrews 11:36 And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons:
(BBE)

Revelation 10:7 "There shall be no further delay; but in the days when the seventh angel blows his trumpet--when he begins to do so--then the secret purposes of God are realized, in accordance with the good news which He gave to His servants the Prophets."
(WEY)

Exodus 2:11 Now when Moses had become a man, one day he went out to his people and saw how hard their work was; and he saw an Egyptian giving blows to a Hebrew, one of his people.
(BBE)

Exodus 5:14 And the responsible men of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's overseers had put over them, were given blows, and they said to them, Why have you not done your regular work, in making bricks as before?
(BBE)

Exodus 5:16 They give us no dry stems and they say to us, Make bricks: and they give your servants blows; but it is your people who are in the wrong.
(BBE)

Exodus 21:20 If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant blows with a rod, causing death, he is certainly to undergo punishment.
(BBE)

Numbers 20:11 And lifting up his hand, Moses gave the rock two blows with his rod: and water came streaming out, and the people and their cattle had drink enough.
(BBE)

Numbers 22:23 And the ass saw the angel of the Lord waiting in the road with his sword in his hand; and turning from the road, the ass went into the field; and Balaam gave the ass blows, to get her back on to the road.
(BBE)

Numbers 22:25 And the ass saw the angel of the Lord, and went near the wall, crushing Balaam's foot against the wall; and he gave her more blows.
(BBE)

Numbers 22:27 And the ass saw the angel of the Lord and went down on the earth under Balaam; and full of wrath, Balaam gave her hard blows with his stick.
(BBE)

Numbers 22:28 Then the Lord gave the ass the power of talking, and opening her mouth she said to Balaam, What have I done to you that you have given me blows these three times?
(BBE)

Numbers 22:32 And the angel of the Lord said to him, Why have you given your ass blows these three times? See, I have come out against you to keep you back, because your purpose is not pleasing to me.
(BBE)

Numbers 35:18 Or if he gave him blows with a wood instrument in his hands, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.
(BBE)

Numbers 35:21 Or in hate gave him blows with his hand, causing death; he who gave the death-blow is to be put to death; he is a taker of life: he whose right it is to give punishment for blood may put to death the taker of life when he comes face to face with him.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 25:2 And if the wrongdoer is to undergo punishment by whipping, the judge will give orders for him to go down on his face and be whipped before him, the number of the blows being in relation to his crime.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 25:3 He may be given forty blows, not more; for if more are given, your brother may be shamed before you.
(BBE)

Judges 19:22 While they were taking their pleasure at the meal, the good-for-nothing men of the town came round the house, giving blows on the door; and they said to the old man, the master of the house, Send out that man who came to your house, so that we may take our pleasure with him.
(BBE)

1 Samuel 4:8 Trouble is ours! Who will give us salvation from the hands of these great gods? These are the gods who sent all sorts of blows on the Egyptians in the waste land.
(BBE)

2 Samuel 7:14 I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son: if he does wrong, I will give him punishment with the rod of men and with the blows of the children of men;
(BBE)

1 Kings 12:11 If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder: my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give you blows with snakes.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 10:11 If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder: my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give you blows with snakes.
(BBE)

Nehemiah 13:25 And I took up the cause against them, cursing them and giving blows to some of them and pulling out their hair; and I made them take an oath by God, saying, You are not to give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.
(BBE)

Job 7:20 If I have done wrong, what have I done to you, O keeper of men? why have you made me a mark for your blows, so that I am a weariness to myself?
(BBE)

Job 16:10 Their mouths are open wide against me; the blows of his bitter words are falling on my face; all of them come together in a mass against me.
(BBE)

Job 20:23 When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.
(See NIV)

Psalms 1:4 The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
(See NIV)

Psalms 3:7 Come to me, Lord; keep me safe, O my God; for you have given all my haters blows on their face-bones; the teeth of the evil-doers have been broken by you.
(BBE)

Psalms 39:10 No longer let your hand be hard on me; I am wasted by the blows of your hand.
(BBE RSV)

Psalms 78:66 His haters were turned back by his blows and shamed for ever.
(BBE)

Psalms 89:23 I will have those who are against him broken before his face, and his haters will be crushed under my blows.
(BBE)

Psalms 103:16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more.
(See NIV)

Proverbs 15:18 An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.
(BBE)

Proverbs 17:10 A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.
(BBE NAS RSV)

Proverbs 17:14 The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.
(BBE)

Proverbs 17:26 To give punishment to the upright is not good, or to give blows to the noble for their righteousness.
(BBE)

Proverbs 18:6 A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.
(BBE NAS)

Proverbs 19:25 When blows overtake the man of pride, the simple will get sense; say sharp words to the wise, and knowledge will be made clear to him.
(BBE)

Proverbs 19:29 Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.
(BBE NAS)

Proverbs 20:1 Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.
(BBE)

Proverbs 20:30 Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.
(WEB BBE RSV NIV)

Proverbs 23:13 Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.
(BBE)

Proverbs 23:14 Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld.
(BBE)

Proverbs 23:35 They have overcome me, you will say, and I have no pain; they gave me blows without my feeling them: when will I be awake from my wine? I will go after it again.
(BBE)

Ecclesiastes 1:6 The wind goes to the south, turning back again to the north; circling round for ever.
(See RSV NIV)

Song of Songs 5:7 The keepers who go about the town overtook me; they gave me blows and wounds; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
(BBE)

Isaiah 1:6 The body, from head to foot, is all diseased; it is a mass of open wounds, marks of blows, and broken flesh: the flow of blood has not been stopped, and no oil has been put on the wounds.
(BBE)

Isaiah 14:6 He whose rod was on the peoples with an unending wrath, ruling the nations in passion, with an uncontrolled rule.
(See RSV NIV)

Isaiah 27:8 Your anger against her has been made clear by driving her away; he has taken her away with his storm-wind in the day of his east wind.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 29:5 But the multitude of your foes will be like fine dust, and the multitude of the ruthless ones like chaff that blows away. Yes, it will be in an instant, suddenly.
(WEB NAS)

Isaiah 30:26 And the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times greater, as the light of seven days, in the day when the Lord puts oil on the wounds of his people, and makes them well from the blows they have undergone.
(BBE)

Isaiah 30:32 And every blow of the rod of his punishment, which the Lord will send on him, will be with the sound of music: and with the waving of his sword the Lord will make war against him.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 40:7 The grass withers, the flower fades, because Yahweh's breath blows on it. Surely the people are like grass.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 40:24 They are planted scarcely. They are sown scarcely. Their stock has scarcely taken root in the ground. He merely blows on them, and they wither, and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 50:6 I was offering my back to those who gave me blows, and my face to those who were pulling out my hair: I did not keep my face covered from marks of shame.
(BBE)

Isaiah 54:16 "Behold, I have created the smith who blows the fire of coals, and brings forth a weapon for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
(WEB NAS RSV)

Isaiah 58:4 If keeping from food makes you quickly angry, ready for fighting and giving blows with evil hands; your holy days are not such as to make your voice come to my ears on high.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 2:30 I gave your children blows to no purpose; they got no good from training: your sword has been the destruction of your prophets, like a death-giving lion.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 4:11 At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A burning wind from the open hilltops in the waste land is blowing on the daughter of my people, not for separating or cleaning the grain;
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 20:2 And Pashhur gave blows to Jeremiah and had his feet chained in a framework of wood in the higher doorway of Benjamin, which was in the house of the Lord.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 37:15 And the rulers were angry with Jeremiah, and gave him blows and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
(BBE)

Lamentations 3:30 Let his face be turned to him who gives him blows; let him be full of shame.
(BBE)

Subtopics

Blows

Related Terms

Shame (412 Occurrences)

Scourging (5 Occurrences)

Scourge (24 Occurrences)

Strike (168 Occurrences)

Cruel (196 Occurrences)

Lee (3 Occurrences)

Workmen (52 Occurrences)

Inflict (25 Occurrences)