Judges 16:2
Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָגַד
nâgad
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to o...
עַזָּתִי
ʻAzzâthîy
an Azzathite or inhabitant of Azzah
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
הֵנָּה
hênnâh
hither or thither (but used both of place and time)
סָבַב
çâbab
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
בֹּקֶר
bôqer
properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
שָׁחַט
shâchaṭ
to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)
Key Terms in This Verse
סָבַב çâbab
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
Study H5437 →שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →Cross References
And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men roun...
But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumci...
Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come ne...
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