KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural {thus} especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

to {chastise} literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence to instruct

properly a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced {judicially} especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (particularly) divine {law} individual or {collectively}) including the {act} the {place} the {suit} the {crime} and the penalty; abstractly {justice} including a particular {right} or privilege (statutory or {customary}) or even a style

properly to flow as water (that {is} to rain); transitively to lay or throw (especially an {arrow} that {is} to shoot); figuratively to point out (as if by aiming the {finger}) to teach