Definition

to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• bind
• chasten
• chastise
• correct
• instruct
• punish
• reform
• reprove
• sore
• teach

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.