Judges 16:7
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אָסַר
ʼâçar
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
שֶׁבַע
shebaʻ
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
רַעֲנָן
raʻănân
verdant; by analogy, new; figuratively, prosperous
יֶתֶר
yether
properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)
עוֹלָם
ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (...
קָלָה
qâlâh
to toast, i.e. scorch partially or slowly
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
אַחֵר
ʼachêr
properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Key Terms in This Verse
יֶתֶר yether
properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)
Study H3499 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →אָסַר ʼâçar
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
Study H631 →עוֹלָם ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
Study H5769 →שֶׁבַע shebaʻ
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
Study H7651 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →Cross References
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
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