δέρεις [8 verses](verb 2nd sg pres ind act ) "Smitest thou" is from dero, which means "to flay" or "to skin" someone, though in later use it came to mean "to cudgel" or "to thrash." -- The Greek verb translated as "shall be beaten" means "to flay" or "to skin" someone, though in later use it came to mean "to cudgel" or "to thrash." Jesus seems to use it to mean being "beaten" or "flogged."