Judges 8:16
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
מִדְבָּר
midbâr
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
לָמַד
lâmad
properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
סֻכּוֹת
Çukkôwth
Succoth, the name of a place in Egypt and of three in Palestine
Key Terms in This Verse
סֻכּוֹת Çukkôwth
Succoth, the name of a place in Egypt and of three in Palestine
Study H5523 →לָמַד lâmad
properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
Study H3925 →מִדְבָּר midbâr
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
Study H4057 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →Cross References
And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.
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