Psalm 107:16
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
נְחֹשֶׁת
nᵉchôsheth
copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
בַּרְזֶל
barzel
iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement
מָסַר
mâçar
to sunder, i.e. (transitively) set apart, or (reflex.) apostatize
Key Terms in This Verse
מָסַר mâçar
to sunder, i.e. (transitively) set apart, or (reflex.) apostatize
Study H4560 →נְחֹשֶׁת nᵉchôsheth
copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
Study H5178 →Cross References
And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried t...
The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them.
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