Dictionary entry

CHASTENING

Webster's Dictionary 1828

CHASTENING, participle present tense Correcting; afflicting for correction.

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

No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous but grievous. Hebrews 12:11.

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