He gets the stick in the Bible (5)
I believe the answer is:
herod
'the bible' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'he gets the stick' is the wordplay.
'gets' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the stick' becomes 'rod' (I've seen this before).
'he'+'rod'='HEROD'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for herod that I've seen before include "child murderer" , "Ruler of Palestine when Jesus was born" , "Former king" , "King of Judaea, temple builder" , "Old king" .)