rhabdizo denotes the infliction of a rod-beating, whether ordered or endured.

The two verses show a single use for rod-beating: Acts 16:22 presents it as an action ordered against people, while 2 Corinthians 11:25 recounts it as suffering personally received.

1. Inflicting or receiving a rod-beating · dominant

   In Acts 16:22, the present active infinitive occurs after the officers' order against them; the APB renders the clause "ordered them to be beaten." In 2 Corinthians 11:25, the first-person aorist passive form appears in a list of hardships; the APB renders "Three times I was beaten with rods."

   Acts 16:222 Corinthians 11:25

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the action as an ordered beating in Acts 16:22 and explicitly as being "beaten with rods" in 2 Corinthians 11:25. Its wording only confirms the clauses' overall presentation.