1 Samuel 6:16

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• וַחֲמִשָּׁ֥הand five

  vachamishahH2568 →343 times

• סַרְנֵֽי־[the] rulers of

  sarnei-H5633 →22 times

• פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים[the] Philistines

  felishtimH6430 →287 times

• רָא֑וּthey saw

  rauH7200 →1300 times

• וַיָּשֻׁ֥בוּand they went back

  vaiyashuvuH7725 →1056 times

• עֶקְר֖וֹןEkron

  ekronH6138 →22 times

• בַּיּ֥וֹםon the day

  baiyomH3117 →2304 times

• הַהֽוּא׃ ס<the> that

  hahu'H1931 →1879 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  1 Samuel 6:4

  “What guilt offering should we send back to Him?” asked the Philistines. “Five gold tumors and five gold rats,” they said, “according to the number of rulers of the Philistines, since the same plague…

  it leads to

  • Joshua 13:3

    All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites, from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of…

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Judges 3:3

    the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • 1 Samuel 6:17–18

    As a guilt offering to the LORD, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.

  • 1 Samuel 5:9

    But after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with…

  • 1 Samuel 5:6

    Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.

• Through

  Joshua 13:3

  All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites, from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of…

  it leads to

  • Deuteronomy 2:23

    And the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, were destroyed by the Caphtorites, who came out of Caphtor and settled in their place.)

  • Jeremiah 2:18

    Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?

• Through

  1 Samuel 5:10

  So they sent the ark of God to Ekron, but as it arrived, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought us the ark of the God of Israel in order to kill us and…

  it leads to

  • Amos 1:8

    I will cut off the ruler of Ashdod and the one who wields the scepter in Ashkelon. I will turn My hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,” says the…