KJV dictionary & concordance
Present-participial or verbal-noun form of chasten, meaning to correct or discipline, often through reproof or suffering.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Job 5:17
Complete exact-word concordance
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almightie.
1611 marginal notePro. 3.12. iames 1.12. heb. 12.5. apoc. 3.9.
¶ My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:
¶ My sonne, despise not the chastening of the LORD: neither be weary of his correction.
1611 marginal noteIob 5.17 hebr. 12.5. apoc. 3.19.
Lord, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
LORD, in trouble haue they visited thee: they powred out a prayer when thy chastening was vpon them.
1611 marginal noteHeb. secret speech.
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
And ye haue forgotten the exhortation which speaketh vnto you as vnto children, My sonne, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him.
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
If yee endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sonnes: for what sonne is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be ioyous, but grieuous: neuerthelesse, afterward it yeeldeth the peaceable fruite of righteousnesse, vnto them which are exercised thereby.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Correcting; afflicting for correction.
