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# chasten

verb

«chasten» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

A parent corrects a child with discipline. The law deals with the stubborn and rebellious son. In the psalms and Job, God chastens a person, sometimes through pain.

**Interpretation.** Tradition teaches that God chastens his people as a father does his son, to teach and not only to punish. The rabbis limited the law of the rebellious son so strictly that it was almost never carried out. The psalmist prays that God's correction be gentle and not in anger.

### Meaning

To correct someone by punishing them so that they learn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chasten/#m1)

### Examples

- If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not hearken to the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them; (Torah DEU.21.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chasten/#x1)
- O LORD, rebuke me not in Thine anger, neither chasten me in Thy wrath. (Writings PSA.6.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chasten/#x2)
- O LORD, rebuke me not in Thine anger; neither chasten me in Thy wrath. (Writings PSA.38.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chasten/#x3)
- He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and all his bones grow stiff; (Writings JOB.33.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chasten/#x4)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chasten» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chasten/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chasten» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/chasten.html) on Mova free.