shot denotes a whip or scourge, used for discipline, control, battle imagery, and destructive force.

The term most often denotes a tangible instrument associated with discipline, control, or the sounds and imagery of conflict. A smaller group uses it for an overwhelming destructive force, while Job 5:21 applies it to the tongue's harmful speech.

1. A physical instrument of discipline or control · dominant

   The plural form occurs in the repeated statement that a father disciplined the people with whips in 1 Kings 12:11 and 2 Chronicles 10:11. Singular uses place the object in scenes of raised punishment, a horse's equipment, and the sound accompanying rushing horses and chariots: in Isaiah 10:26 the APB renders a whip raised against an opponent, in Proverbs 26:3 it assigns one to a horse, and in Nahum 3:2 it renders its sound amid the advance of vehicles.

   1 Kings 12:111 Kings 12:142 Chronicles 10:112 Chronicles 10:14Isaiah 10:26Proverbs 26:3
2. An overwhelming scourge or destructive blow · common

   In Isaiah 28:15 and Isaiah 28:18, the singular form is described as overflowing and passing through, despite claims of refuge, and the APB renders the approaching force as a "whip" and a "scourge." In Job 9:23, it is the agent that brings sudden death in the verse's scenario.

   Isaiah 28:15Isaiah 28:18Job 9:23
3. Harmful speech pictured as a whip · rare

   Job 5:21 uses the singular construct form in the phrase rendered by the APB, "From the whip of the tongue you will be hidden," connecting the term with speech that the verse treats as a threat.

   Job 5:21

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously uses "whips," "whip," and "scourge" in the supplied verses, including the phrase "whip of the tongue" in Job 5:21. Because it is a whole-verse translation, these renderings confirm the scenes' overall imagery rather than establish separate lexical meanings by themselves.