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# scourge

noun (scourges); verb (scourge, scourges, scourged, scourging)

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

## Everyday

1. A scourge is a person, animal or thing that causes great trouble or suffering, a plague. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scourge/#m1)
2. (old use) A scourge is a whip used to beat someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scourge/#m2)
3. To scourge is (old use) to whip or beat someone as a punishment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scourge/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scourge/#x1)
- Snakes can be the scourge of a village. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scourge/#x2)
- The fire was the scourge of the old town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scourge/#x3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scourge/#x1)
- They are children of churls, yea, children of ignoble men; they were scourged out of the land. (Writings JOB.30.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scourge/#x2)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scourge/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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