Bible Dictionary · B
Bastinado
Beating, a mode of punishment common in the East. It is referred to by “the rod of correction” (Prov 22:15), “scourging” (Lev 19:20), “chastising” (Deut 22:18). The number of blows could not exceed forty (Deut 25:2, Deut 25:3).
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
