A dictionary of the . her than a good one, andmay refer to the Greek proveru: Ascorpion instead of a perch. An instrument resembling a whip, butso formed with knots or small stones asthat each blow should inflict a sharpstinging pain, is perhaps alluded to in1 Kgs. 12 : 11. See Scourge. Maaleh-akrabbim, Josh. 15: 3 ; : 36, is literally the ascent of scor-pions, and derives its name from themultitude of scorpions which infest it. SCOURGE. After the BabylonishCaptivity the scourge was formed ofthree lashes or thongs made of leatheror small cords, thirteen strokes of whichwere equal
A dictionary of the . her than a good one, andmay refer to the Greek proveru: Ascorpion instead of a perch. An instrument resembling a whip, butso formed with knots or small stones asthat each blow should inflict a sharpstinging pain, is perhaps alluded to in1 Kgs. 12 : 11. See Scourge. Maaleh-akrabbim, Josh. 15: 3 ; : 36, is literally the ascent of scor-pions, and derives its name from themultitude of scorpions which infest it. SCOURGE. After the BabylonishCaptivity the scourge was formed ofthree lashes or thongs made of leatheror small cords, thirteen strokes of whichwere equal to thirty-nine lashes, and notmore than forty could be given under theLaw. Deut. 25 :1-3; 2 Cor. 11: 24. Thesufferer was tied by his arms to a lowpillar, his back laid oare and his bodybent forward, and the blows eo sharp iron points or sharp- sen scb cornered pieces of metal were fastened tothe end of the thongs, to render the suf-fering still more extreme. It is debatedwhether the whip was used before the. Flagellum or Scourge. Captivity. Certainly the rod was, as isthe case to-day in the East. The pun-ishment was inflicted in the 10 : 17 : 23 : 34 ; Acts 5: 40. TheRomans used to beat with rods and whips ;the number of blows was unlimited. Butso degrading was this punishment in itsnature and effects that no citizen of theRoman empire could be subjected to 22 : 25, 26. Many were known todie under the cruel infliction. Some-times it took place on the way to execu-tion, and sometimes it was itself theonly punishment. The punishment withrods or twigs seems to have been a sepa-rate infliction. 2 Cor. 11 : 25. In our Lords scourging, Matt. 27 : 26 ;Mark 15 : 15 : John 19 : 1, we see a literalfulfilment of I>niah> prophecv. 53 : 5. SCREECH-OWL. See Owl. SCRIBE. There are two Hebrewwords which mean a writer, but one is usually translated in the A. V. byOfficer, which see. The other is rendered scribe. The art ofwriting may w
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