שׁוֹטshôwṭ
scourge, whip
Pronunciation: shote · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7752
Meanings
1. scourge (1 Kings 12:11; 1 Kings 12:14; 2 Chronicles 10:11)
2. whip (Nahum 3:2; Proverbs 26:3)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- 1 Kings 12:11 Yes, my father laid heavy burdens on you, but I’m going to make them even heavier! My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions!’”
- 1 Kings 12:14 and followed the counsel of his younger advisers. He told the people, “My father laid heavy burdens on you, but I’m going to make them even heavier! My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions!”
- 2 Chronicles 10:11 Yes, my father laid heavy burdens on you, but I’m going to make them even heavier! My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions!’”
- 2 Chronicles 10:14 and followed the counsel of his younger advisers. He told the people, “My father laid heavy burdens on you, but I’m going to make them even heavier! My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions!”
- Job 5:21 You will be safe from slander and have no fear when destruction comes.
- Job 9:23 When a plague sweeps through, he laughs at the death of the innocent.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).