a primary verb (in a strengthened form); to "thump", i.e. cudgel or pummel (properly, with a stick or bastinado), but in any case by repeated blows; thus differing from «3817» and «3960», which denote a (usually single) blow with the hand or any instrument, or «4141» with the fist (or a hammer), or «4474» with the palm; as well as from «5177», an accidental collision); by implication, to punish; figuratively, to offend (the conscience):--beat, smite, strike, wound.