Chasten
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Chasten - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
CHASTEN, v.t.
1. To correct by punishment; to punish; to inflict pain for the purpose of reclaiming an offender; as, to chasten a son with a rod.
I will chasten him with the rod of men. 2 Sam 7.
2. To afflict by other means.
As many as I love I rebuke and chasten. Rev 3.
3. To purify from errors or faults.
Source of the article
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
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