CHASTISE,
1. To correct by punishing to punish to inflict pain by stripes, or in other manner, for the purpose of punishing an offender and recalling him to his duty.
I will chastise you seven times for your sins. Leviticus 26 .
2. To reduce to order or obedience to restrain to awe to repress.
The gay social sense, By decency chastisd.
3. To correct to purify by expunging faults as, to chastise a poem.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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