scourging 3148 # mastix {mas'-tix}; probably from the base of <br>
3145 (through the idea of contact); a whip (literally, the Roman <br>
flagellum for criminals; figuratively, a disease): -- plague, <br>
{scourging}.[ql<br>
<br>
 <br>
<br>
~~~~~~<br>
<br>