bastinado

Meaning: beating

a type of punishment common in the East

It is referred to by “the rod of correction” (Prov. 22:15), “scourging” (Lev. 19:20), “chastising” (Deut. 22:18). The number of blows could not exceed forty (Deut. 25:2-3).

ALSO SEE:

• punishment
• scourging