Bible Dictionary: Whip

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet.

2. (v. t.) To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top.

3. (v. t.) To punish with a whip, scourge, or rod; to flog; to beat; as, to whip a vagrant; to whip one with thirty nine lashes; to whip a perverse boy.

4. (v. t.) To apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to.

5. (v. t.) To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip wheat.

6. (v. t.) To beat (eggs, cream, or the like) into a froth, as with a whisk, fork, or the like.

7. (v. t.) To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat; to surpass.

8. (v. t.) To overlay (a cord, rope, or the like) with other cords going round and round it; to overcast, as the edge of a seam; to wrap; -- often with about, around, or over.

9. (v. t.) To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread; as, to whip a ruffle.

10. (v. t.) To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch; -- with into, out, up, off, and the like.

11. (v. t.) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.

12. (v. t.) To secure the end of (a rope, or the like) from untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff.

13. (v. t.) To fish (a body of water) with a rod and artificial fly, the motion being that employed in using a whip.

14. (v. i.) To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; to whisk; as, he whipped around the corner.

15. (n.) An instrument or driving horses or other animals, or for correction, consisting usually of a lash attached to a handle, or of a handle and lash so combined as to form a flexible rod.

16. (n.) A coachman; a driver of a carriage; as, a good whip.

17. (n.) One of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which the sails are spread.

18. (n.) The length of the arm reckoned from the shaft.

19. (n.) A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light bodies.

20. (n.) The long pennant. See Pennant (a)

21. (n.) A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in.

22. (n.) A person (as a member of Parliament) appointed to enforce party discipline, and secure the attendance of the members of a Parliament party at any important session, especially when their votes are needed.

23. (n.) A call made upon members of a Parliament party to be in their places at a given time, as when a vote is to be taken.

Greek

3147. mastizo -- to whip, scourge
... to whip, scourge. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: mastizo Phonetic Spelling:
(mas-tid'-zo) Short Definition: I flog, scourge Definition: I flog, scourge ...
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3148. mastix -- a whip, scourge
... a whip, scourge. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: mastix Phonetic
Spelling: (mas'-tix) Short Definition: a scourge, lash, sufferings Definition ...
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3146. mastigoo -- to scourge
... 3146 -- properly, to whip (scourge) with a (see 3148 , a "whip"); to "flog (scourge)
a victim, strapped to a pole or frame" (Souter); (figuratively) God ...
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5416. phragellion -- a scourge
... of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: phragellion Phonetic Spelling:
(frag-el'-le-on) Short Definition: a scourge, lash Definition: a scourge, lash, ...
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5417. phragelloo -- to scourge
... scourge. From a presumed equivalent of the Latin flagellum; to whip, ie Lash as
a public punishment -- scourge. (phragellosas) -- 2 Occurrences. 5416, 5417. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7752. shot -- a scourge, whip
... 7751c, 7752. shot. 7753 . a scourge, whip. Transliteration: shot Phonetic
Spelling: (shote) Short Definition: scourge. ... scourge, whip. ...
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7850. shotet -- a scourge
... a scourge. Transliteration: shotet Phonetic Spelling: (sho-tate') Short Definition:
whip. Word Origin from shut Definition a scourge NASB Word Usage whip (1). ...
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4754. mara -- perhaps to flap (the wings)
... A primitive root; to rebel; hence (through the idea of maltreating) to whip, ie
Lash (self with wings, as the ostrich in running) -- be filthy, lift up self. ...
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6137. aqrab -- scorpion
... scorpion. Of uncertain derivation; a scorpion; figuratively, a scourge or knotted
whip -- scorpion. 6136b, 6137. aqrab. 6138 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

Home-Discipline.
... You cannot whip religion into a child. This is opposite to humanity and
religion. ... The scepter must not be converted into a whip. ...
/.../philips/the christian home/chapter xix home-discipline.htm

The Next Morning, Diamond's Mother Said to his Father...
... I declare to you, on my word, I haven't laid the whip on him more than three
times.". "I'm glad to hear it. He never did want the whip.". ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 33 the next morning.htm

We See How the Husbandmen have a Method for Separating the Chaff.. ...
... The chariot-master, if the young horses which he has to drive will not work well
together, does not urge a fast one with the whip, and rein in a slow one; nor ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/chapter xxii we see how.htm

The Oracles.
... manner. Then was a brazen statue of a man, holding a whip in his hand. The
whip had three lashes, which were formed of brazen chains. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/cyrus the great/chapter vi the oracles.htm

A Godly Reformation
... Joash had to whip up the reluctant priests with his 'See that ye hasten the matter!'
Hezekiah lets no grass grow under his feet, but begins his reforms with ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/a godly reformation.htm

The Finding of Moses
... blossom out and bear such wonderful fruit. [Illustration: Beating him
unmercifully with a long whip.]. Then when Moses was old enough ...
/.../steedman/the babe in the bulrushes/the finding of moses.htm

Cheer for Despondency
... It is an ill task for a child to whip himself; it might be good for him to feel
the whip from his father's hand, but it is of little service when the child ...
//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/sermons on proverbs/cheer for despondency.htm

The Brethren in Poland, 1548-1570.
... The Count was absent, heard the news, and came in a state of fury. He seized
a whip. "I will drag my wife out of this conventicle ...
/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter ix the brethren in.htm

Sin and Grace
... merely with a straight rule, and with a perfect pattern of whiteness, to show us
our deformity and our blackness, but it also came with a heavy whip; and it ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 54 1908/sin and grace.htm

A Little Jewish Maid.
... Springing into his chariot, he grasped the reins, and shook them as he brought his
whip fiercely down on the horses' backs, causing them to leap forward from ...
/.../anonymous/children of the old testament/a little jewish maid.htm

Thesaurus

Whip (7 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything
slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet. ...
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Lash (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given. ... 11. (vi)
To ply the whip; to strike; to utter censure or sarcastic language. 12. ...
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Crack (5 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip.
4. (vt) To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke. ...
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Whipped (10 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Whip. Multi-Version Concordance
Whipped (10 Occurrences). Matthew 20:19 And will give him ...
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Flog (7 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (vt) To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to
lash; to chastise with repeated blows. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Cut (616 Occurrences)
... 14. (vi) To make a stroke with a whip. 15. ... 19. (n.) A stroke or blow or cutting motion
with an edged instrument; a stroke or blow with a whip. 20. ...
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Scourge (24 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or
punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip. ...
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Slash (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (vt) To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits. 2. (vt)
To lash; to ply the whip to. 3. (vt) To crack or snap, as a whip. ...
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Scorpion (6 Occurrences)
... It does not seem necessary to consider that the words of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:11,
etc.) refer to a whip that was called a scorpion, but rather that as the ...
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Whipping (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whip. 2. (n.) A & n. from
Whip, v. Multi-Version Concordance Whipping (4 Occurrences). ...
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Bible Concordance

Whip (7 Occurrences)

John 2:15 He made a whip of cords, and threw all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the changers' money, and overthrew their tables.
(WEB WEY BBE YLT RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 4:21 Which shall it be? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in a loving and tender spirit?
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 22:18 The elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him;
(See RSV)

Joshua 23:13 Then you may be certain that the Lord your God will not go on driving these nations out from before you; but they will become a danger and a cause of sin to you, a whip for your sides and thorns in your eyes, till you are cut off from this good land which the Lord your God has given you.
(BBE NAS NIV)

Proverbs 26:3 A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 10:26 And the Lord of armies will be shaking a whip against him, as when he overcame Midian at the rock of Oreb: and his rod will be lifted up against them as it was against the Egyptians.
(BBE NIV)

Nahum 3:2 The noise of the whip, the noise of the rattling of wheels, prancing horses, and bounding chariots,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Whip

Whip: General Scriptures Concerning

Related Terms

Lash (2 Occurrences)

Crack (5 Occurrences)

Whipped (10 Occurrences)

Flog (7 Occurrences)

Cut (616 Occurrences)

Scourge (24 Occurrences)

Slash (1 Occurrence)

Scorpion (6 Occurrences)