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This concept appears in various contexts throughout the Bible, including legal, disciplinary, and metaphorical uses. The act of beating is often associated with correction, punishment, or suffering.<br><br><b>Old Testament References:</b> <br>In the Old Testament, beating is sometimes prescribed as a form of punishment under the Mosaic Law. For instance, <a href="/deuteronomy/25-2.htm">Deuteronomy 25:2-3</a> outlines the procedure for administering corporal punishment: "If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall make him lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of lashes appropriate for his crime. He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight." This passage highlights the importance of justice and the prevention of excessive punishment.<br><br>Beating is also mentioned in the context of slavery. <a href="/exodus/21-20.htm">Exodus 21:20-21</a> provides regulations regarding the treatment of slaves: "If a man strikes his male or female servant with a rod and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished. However, if the servant gets up after a day or two, the owner shall not be punished, since the servant is his property." This reflects the societal norms and legal structures of ancient Israel.<br><br><b>New Testament References:</b> <br>In the New Testament, beating is often associated with persecution and suffering for the sake of the Gospel. Jesus Himself predicted that His followers would face such trials. In <a href="/matthew/10-17.htm">Matthew 10:17</a>, He warns, "Be on your guard against men; they will hand you over to the local councils and flog you in their synagogues."<br><br>The Apostle Paul experienced beatings as part of his ministry. In <a href="/2_corinthians/11-24.htm">2 Corinthians 11:24-25</a>, he recounts, "Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea." These experiences underscore the hardships faced by early Christians and their commitment to spreading the Gospel despite severe opposition.<br><br><b>Metaphorical Use:</b> <br>Beating is also used metaphorically in Scripture to describe spiritual discipline and correction. <a href="/proverbs/23-13.htm">Proverbs 23:13-14</a> advises, "Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die. Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol." This passage emphasizes the importance of discipline in guiding the moral and spiritual development of children.<br><br><b>Theological Implications:</b> <br>From a theological perspective, the concept of beating in the Bible is often linked to themes of justice, discipline, and suffering. It reflects the seriousness of sin and the necessity of correction, while also highlighting the endurance and faithfulness required of believers in the face of persecution. The biblical narrative presents a balanced view, advocating for justice and mercy, and warning against excessive or unjust punishment.<br><br><b>Cultural and Historical Considerations:</b> <br>Understanding the cultural and historical context of biblical references to beating is crucial. The practices and legal systems of ancient Israel and the Greco-Roman world differed significantly from modern perspectives on justice and human rights. Interpreting these passages requires careful consideration of the historical setting and the overarching biblical principles of love, justice, and redemption.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>p. pr. & vb. n.</I>) of Beat.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) Pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart.<p>4. (<I>n.</I>) Pulsative sounds. See Beat, n.<p>5. (<I>n.</I>) The process of sailing against the wind by tacks in zigzag direction.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">BEATING</span><p>bet'-ing.<br><br>See <a href="../p/punishments.htm">PUNISHMENTS</a>.<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/2870.htm"><span class="l">2870. kopetos -- a <b>beating</b> of the head and breast</span></a> <br><b>...</b> a <b>beating</b> of the head and breast. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration:<br> kopetos Phonetic Spelling: (kop-et-os') Short Definition: lamentation <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2870.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/5178.htm"><span class="l">5178. tumpanizo -- to beat a drum, to torture by <b>beating</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> to beat a drum, to torture by <b>beating</b>. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: tumpanizo<br> Phonetic Spelling: (toom-pan-id'-zo) Short Definition: I torture, break <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5178.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/4298.htm"><span class="l">4298. prokopto -- to cut forward (a way), advance</span></a> <br><b>...</b> From pro and kopto; to drive forward (as if by <b>beating</b>), ie (figuratively and<br> intransitively) to advance (in amount, to grow; in time, to be well along <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4298.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/5180.htm"><span class="l">5180. tupto -- to strike, smite, beat</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Word Origin a prim. verb Definition to strike, smite, beat NASB Word Usage beat<br> (3), <b>beating</b> (5), hits (1), strike (2), struck (1), wounding (1). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5180.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/1194.htm"><span class="l">1194. dero -- to skin, to thrash</span></a> <br><b>...</b> verb Definition to skin, to thrash NASB Word Usage beat (5), beaten (1), <b>beating</b><br> (3), flogged (2), hits (1), receive (1), receive...lashes (1), strike (1). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1194.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/3807.htm"><span class="l">3807. kathath -- to beat, crush by <b>beating</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 3806, 3807. kathath. 3808 . to beat, crush by <b>beating</b>. Transliteration: kathath<br> Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-thath') Short Definition: crushed. Word Origin a prim <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3807.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/8608.htm"><span class="l">8608. taphaph -- to sound the timbrel, beat</span></a><br><b>...</b> 8607, 8608. taphaph. 8609 . to sound the timbrel, beat. Transliteration:<br> taphaph Phonetic Spelling: (taw-faf') Short Definition: <b>beating</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8608.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2251.htm"><span class="l">2251. chabat -- to beat off, beat out</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin a prim. root Definition to beat off, beat out NASB Word Usage beat<br> (2), beaten (1), <b>beating</b> (1), threshing (1). beat off, out, thresh. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2251.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7015.htm"><span class="l">7015. qinah -- an elegy, dirge</span></a><br><b>...</b> lamentation. From quwn; a dirge (as accompanied by <b>beating</b> the breasts or on<br> instruments) -- lamentation. see HEBREW quwn. 7014b, 7015. qinah. 7016 . <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7015.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5221.htm"><span class="l">5221. nakah -- to smite</span></a><br><b>...</b> root Definition to smite NASB Word Usage attack (5), attacked (6), attacks (3),<br> beat (3), beat down (1), beaten (5), <b>beating</b> (1), blows (1), bothered (1), cast <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5221.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5203.htm"><span class="l">5203. natash -- to leave, forsake, permit</span></a><br><b>...</b> A primitive root; properly, to pound, ie Smite; by implication (as if <b>beating</b> out,<br> and thus expanding) to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5203.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/augustine/sermons_on_selected_lessons_of_the_new_testament/sermon_xvii_on_the_words.htm"><span class="l">On the Words of the Gospel, Matt. xi. 25, "I Thank Thee, O Father <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> and of reminding you, Beloved, of this, because as soon as this word was uttered<br> by the reader's voice, there followed upon it the sound of the <b>beating</b> of your <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon xvii on the words.htm</font><p><a href="/library/luther/epistle_sermons_vol_ii/third_sunday_before_lent.htm"><span class="l">Third Sunday Before Lent</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.26 I therefore<br> so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not <b>beating</b> the air: 27 but I <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../luther/epistle sermons vol ii/third sunday before lent.htm</font><p><a href="/library/steedman/the_babe_in_the_bulrushes/the_finding_of_moses.htm"><span class="l">The Finding of Moses</span></a> <br><b>...</b> All this time Miriam had been watching from her hiding-place close by, and with<br> anxious, <b>beating</b> heart she came forward now. Could she help the princess? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../steedman/the babe in the bulrushes/the finding of moses.htm</font><p><a href="/library/byrum/the_value_of_a_praying_mother/chapter_vii_a_downward_step.htm"><span class="l">A Downward Step.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> At last the time came to start. With <b>beating</b> heart Bessie counted the hours that<br> must pass before she could run in the orchard and eat the luscious fruit. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../byrum/the value of a praying mother/chapter vii a downward step.htm</font><p><a href="/library/cable/the_fulfilment_of_a_dream_of_pastor_hsis/chapter_xv_the_builders.htm"><span class="l">The Builders</span></a> <br><b>...</b> increased in number. Before dawn each morning we were aroused by the <b>beating</b><br> of a loud gong which called the men to work. This work <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../cable/the fulfilment of a dream of pastor hsis/chapter xv the builders.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/sermons_on_selected_lessons_of_the_new_testament/sermon_lxxxvi_on_the_same.htm"><span class="l">On the Same Lesson of the Gospel, John ix. , on the Giving Sight <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> have we? If God heareth not sinners, why do we pray, and publish the record<br> of our sin by the <b>beating</b> of the breast? Where again <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon lxxxvi on the same.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/the_confessions_and_letters_of_st/letter_cxxxiii_a_d_412.htm"><span class="l">Letter cxxxiii. (AD 412. )</span></a> <br><b>...</b> that the most of them have confessed their share in the violent death which the<br> presbyter Restitutus suffered at their hands, and in the <b>beating</b> of Innocentius <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/letter cxxxiii a d 412.htm</font><p><a href="/library/origen/origen_against_celsus/chapter_xci_but_besides_if.htm"><span class="l">But Besides, if Birds of Augury Converse with one Another...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The mother last, as round the nest she flew,. Seized by the <b>beating</b> wing, the monster<br> slew: <b>...</b> And Jove's portent with <b>beating</b> hearts behold." [4042]. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xci but besides if.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_venial_sins_are_removed.htm"><span class="l">Whether Venial Sins are Removed by the Sprinkling of Holy Water <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> If therefore, by means of one of them, some venial sin is remitted, it follows that<br> in like manner all are remitted, so that by <b>beating</b> his breast once, or by <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether venial sins are removed.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_d/dishonest_tenants.htm"><span class="l">Dishonest Tenants</span></a> <br><b>...</b> stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.5. And<br> again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; <b>beating</b> some, and <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/dishonest tenants.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/b/beating.htm"><span class="l"><b>Beating</b> (31 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (n.) The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows.<br> 3. (n.) Pulsation; throbbing; as, the <b>beating</b> of the heart. <b>...</b><b>BEATING</b>. bet'-ing. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/beating.htm - 16k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/pounding.htm"><span class="l">Pounding (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> & vb. n.) of Pound. 2. (n.) The act of <b>beating</b>, bruising, or breaking up; a <b>beating</b>.<br> 3. (n.) A pounded or pulverized substance. Multi-Version Concordance <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/pounding.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/bastinado.htm"><span class="l">Bastinado</span></a><br><b>...</b> Easton's Bible Dictionary <b>Beating</b>, a mode of punishment common in the East.<br> It <b>...</b> 2. (n.) A sound <b>beating</b> with a stick or cudgel. Specifically <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bastinado.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/breasts.htm"><span class="l">Breasts (39 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Luke 8:52 The people were all weeping aloud and <b>beating</b> their breasts for her; but<br> He said, "Leave off wailing; for she is not dead, but asleep." (WEY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/breasts.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/lamenting.htm"><span class="l">Lamenting (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (DBY NAS). Luke 23:27 And there was following him a great multitude of the people,<br> and of women, who also were <b>beating</b> themselves and lamenting him, (YLT NAS). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/lamenting.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/wailing.htm"><span class="l">Wailing (44 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Luke 8:52 The people were all weeping aloud and <b>beating</b> their breasts for her; but<br> He said, "Leave off wailing; for she is not dead, but asleep." (WEY ASV RSV <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/wailing.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/drumming.htm"><span class="l">Drumming (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (n.) The act of <b>beating</b> upon, or as if upon, a drum; also, the noise which the<br> male of the ruffed grouse makes in spring, by <b>beating</b> his wings upon his sides <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/drumming.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/mash.htm"><span class="l">Mash (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (n.) A mesh. 2. (n.) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state<br> by <b>beating</b> or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/mash.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/pulverize.htm"><span class="l">Pulverize (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (vt) To reduce of fine powder or dust, as by <b>beating</b>, grinding, or the like;<br> as, friable substances may be pulverized by grinding or <b>beating</b>, but to <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/pulverize.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/beaten.htm"><span class="l">Beaten (73 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (see OLIVE.). Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (pp) of Beat. 2. (a.) Made smooth by<br><b>beating</b> or treading; worn by use. 3. (a.) Vanquished; conquered; baffled. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/beaten.htm - 31k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/beating-slaves.html">Why does the Bible allow slave owners to beat their slaves? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/seven-sons-of-Sceva.html">Who were the seven sons of Sceva? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/blood-water-Jesus.html">Why did blood and water come out of Jesus' side when He was pierced? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/beating.htm">Beating: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Beating (31 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/4-37.htm">Mark 4:37</a></span><br />And there cometh a great storm of wind, and the waves were <span class="boldtext">beating</span> on the boat, so that it is now being filled,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/12-5.htm">Mark 12:5</a></span><br />Again he sent another; and they killed him; and many others, <span class="boldtext">beating</span> some, and killing some.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/15-19.htm">Mark 15:19</a></span><br />They struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/8-52.htm">Luke 8:52</a></span><br />The people were all weeping aloud and <span class="boldtext">beating</span> their breasts for her; but He said, "Leave off wailing; for she is not dead, but asleep."<br /><span class="source">(WEY YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/10-30.htm">Luke 10:30</a></span><br />Jesus replied, "A man was once on his way down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell among robbers, who after both stripping and <span class="boldtext">beating</span> him went away, leaving him half dead.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/12-47.htm">Luke 12:47</a></span><br />And that servant, who having known his lord's will, and not having prepared, nor having gone according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes,<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/12-48.htm">Luke 12:48</a></span><br />and he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few; and to every one to whom much was given, much shall be required from him; and to whom they did commit much, more abundantly they will ask of him.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/18-13.htm">Luke 18:13</a></span><br />"But the tax-gatherer, standing far back, would not so much as lift his eyes to Heaven, but kept <span class="boldtext">beating</span> his breast and saying, "'O God, be reconciled to me, sinner that I am.'<br /><span class="source">(WEY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/22-63.htm">Luke 22:63</a></span><br />And the men who held him mocked him, <span class="boldtext">beating</span> him;<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/23-27.htm">Luke 23:27</a></span><br />A vast crowd of the people also followed Him, and of women who were <span class="boldtext">beating</span> their breasts and wailing for Him.<br /><span class="source">(WEY YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/23-48.htm">Luke 23:48</a></span><br />All the multitudes that came together to see this, when they saw the things that were done, returned home <span class="boldtext">beating</span> their breasts.<br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/18-17.htm">Acts 18:17</a></span><br />and all the Greeks having taken Sosthenes, the chief man of the synagogue, were <span class="boldtext">beating</span> 'him' before the tribunal, and not even for these things was Gallio caring.<br /><span class="source">(YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/19-16.htm">Acts 19:16</a></span><br />The man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/21-32.htm">Acts 21:32</a></span><br />Immediately he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them. They, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, stopped <span class="boldtext">beating</span> Paul.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/22-19.htm">Acts 22:19</a></span><br />And I said, Lord, they themselves know that I was imprisoning and <span class="boldtext">beating</span> in every synagogue those that believe on thee;<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-26.htm">1 Corinthians 9:26</a></span><br />I therefore run like that, as not uncertainly. I fight like that, as not <span class="boldtext">beating</span> the air,<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_peter/2-20.htm">1 Peter 2:20</a></span><br />For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure <span class="boldtext">beating</span>? But if, when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/2-11.htm">Exodus 2:11</a></span><br />It happened in those days, when Moses had grown up, that he went out to his brothers, and looked at their burdens. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-11.htm">Deuteronomy 25:11</a></span><br />When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who strikes him, and puts forth her hand, and takes him by the secrets;<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/6-11.htm">Judges 6:11</a></span><br />The angel of Yahweh came, and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained to Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon was <span class="boldtext">beating</span> out wheat in the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/19-22.htm">Judges 19:22</a></span><br />As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain base fellows, surrounded the house, <span class="boldtext">beating</span> at the door; and they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, "Bring out the man who came into your house, that we may have sex with him!"<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-16.htm">1 Samuel 14:16</a></span><br />And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on <span class="boldtext">beating</span> down one another.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/68-25.htm">Psalms 68:25</a></span><br />The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, in the midst of the ladies playing with tambourines,<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/18-6.htm">Proverbs 18:6</a></span><br />A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/28-3.htm">Proverbs 28:3</a></span><br />A man of wealth who is cruel to the poor is like a violent rain causing destruction of food. <br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/17-6.htm">Isaiah 17:6</a></span><br />Yet there shall be left therein gleanings, as the shaking of an olive-tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost branches of a fruitful tree, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/24-13.htm">Isaiah 24:13</a></span><br />For thus shall it be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive-tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/30-14.htm">Isaiah 30:14</a></span><br />And He hath broken it As the breaking of the potters' bottle, Beaten down -- He doth not spare, Nor is there found, in its <span class="boldtext">beating</span> down, A potsherd to take fire from the burning, And to draw out waters from a ditch.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/41-7.htm">Isaiah 41:7</a></span><br />And strengthen doth an artizan the refiner, A smoother 'with' a hammer, Him who is <span class="boldtext">beating</span> 'on' an anvil, Saying, 'For joining it 'is' good,' And he strengtheneth it with nails, it is not moved!<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-19.htm">Jeremiah 4:19</a></span><br />My soul, my soul! I am pained to my inmost heart; my heart is troubled in me; I am not able to be quiet, because the sound of the horn, the note of war, has come to my ears.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nahum/2-7.htm">Nahum 2:7</a></span><br />It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, <span class="boldtext">beating</span> on their breasts.<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV NAS RSV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/b/beating.htm">Beating</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/b/beating--as_a_punishment.htm">Beating: As a Punishment</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/pounding.htm">Pounding (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/bastinado.htm">Bastinado</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/breasts.htm">Breasts (39 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