'Lashes' in the Bible

If the guilty person deserves a beating, the judge will make him lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of lashes fit for his crime.

But he must not be beaten more than 40 lashes, because if he receives more than 40 lashes, your brother will be humiliated in your eyes.

then I will punish their disobedience with a rod and their iniquity with lashes.

A rebuke is more effective with a man of understanding than a hundred lashes to a fool.