Words the Bible translates as stripes
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- plēgēπληγήa blow or beating, and the wound it leaves on the body
+1 more meaning
- a plague: a crushing blow of calamity sent as divine judgment
- ḥabburahחַבּוּרָהa bruise or welt: the discolored mark a blow leaves on the skin, where blood pools underneath without the skin being broken open
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