KJV Dictionary Definition: chasten

chasten

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.

chastened

CHASTENED, pp. Corrected; punished; afflicted for correction.

chastener

CHASTENER, n. One who punishes, for the purpose of correction.

chastening

CHASTENING, ppr. Correcting; afflicting for correction.

CHASTENING, n. Correction; punishment for the purpose of reclaiming.

No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous but grievous. Heb. 12.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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