Definition

a lash (literally or figuratively)

Etymology

from H7751 (שׁוּט);

Word family

• שׁוּט shûwṭ

How the KJV renders it

• scourge
• whip

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.