Judges 16:21
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house."
Word-by-Word Analysis
פְּלִשְׁתִּי
Pᵉlishtîy
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
אָסַר
ʼâçar
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
נְחֹשֶׁת
nᵉchôsheth
copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
טָחַן
ṭâchan
to grind meal; hence, to be aconcubine (that being their employment)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
טָחַן ṭâchan
to grind meal; hence, to be aconcubine (that being their employment)
Study H2912 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →אָסַר ʼâçar
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
Study H631 →נְחֹשֶׁת nᵉchôsheth
copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
Study H5178 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →Cross References
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the first...
Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
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