- Original: שׁטט - Transliteration: Shotet - Phonetic: sho-tate' - Definition: 1. scourge - Origin: act part of an otherwise unused root meaning (properly, to pierce - TWOT entry: 2344b - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: Active participle of an otherwise unused root meaning (properly to pierce; but only as a denominative from H7752 ) to flog; a goad: - scourge. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • scourges, 1 Joshua 23:13