scourge

Everyday

1. A scourge is a person, animal or thing that causes great trouble or suffering, a plague. tree →
2. (old use) A scourge is a whip used to beat someone. tree →
3. To scourge is (old use) to whip or beat someone as a punishment. tree →

In the lessons

in tales, a terrible creature that brings fear and harm to a country, such as «the scourge of our country»

Examples

• The dragon was the scourge of the land. tree →
• Snakes can be the scourge of a village. tree →
• The fire was the scourge of the old town. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

A whip, or a plague or disaster sent as punishment or as a harsh blow. It can also mean harsh words.

Interpretation. Tradition sometimes reads scourges as God's way of correcting, and Job's friends use it to explain his suffering.

Examples

• If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the guiltless. (Writings JOB.9.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• They are children of churls, yea, children of ignoble men; they were scourged out of the land. (Writings JOB.30.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. (Writings JOB.5.21, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths