Hebrew noun (masculine) · H2131
זִיקָה
ziqahzee-kaw'
missile; fetter
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: zîyqâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2131is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2131
properly, what leaps forth, i.e. flash of fire, or a burning arrow; also (from the original sense of the root) a bond
The King James renders it: chain, fetter, firebrand, spark.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ziqah is rendered "missile; fetter". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Three of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "missile".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Job 36:8And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,
Job 36:8בַּזִּקִּ֑ים
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: missile, and fetter.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| missileStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereJob 36:8And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction, |
| fetterStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- in the fetters2
- and with firebrands1
- burning arrows1
- of firebrands1
- with fetters1
- with the fetters1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בְּזִקִּ֑ים1
- בַּזִּקִּ֑ים1
- בַּזִּקִּ֖ים1
- בַזִּקִּֽים׃1
- וּבְזִיקוֹת֙1
- זִיק֑וֹת1
- זִקִּ֗ים1
The grammar of each form
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural3HRd/Ncmpa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural1HC/R/Ncfpa
- noun · feminine plural1HNcfpa
- noun · masculine plural1HNcmpa
- preposition + noun · masculine plural1HR/Ncmpa
Job
one use
And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,
- בַּזִּקִּ֑יםbazikimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in the fetters
Psalms
one use
to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with shackles of iron,
- בְּזִקִּ֑יםbezikimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: with fetters
Proverbs
one use
Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
- זִקִּ֗יםzikimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: burning arrows
Isaiah
three uses
This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’”
- בַּזִּקִּ֖יםbazikimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in the fetters
Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who array yourselves with firebrands, walk in the light of your fire and of the firebrands you have lit! This is what you will receive from My hand: You will lie down in a place of torment.
- זִיק֑וֹתzikotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: of firebrands
- וּבְזִיקוֹת֙uvezikotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and with firebrands
Nahum
one use
Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.
- בַזִּקִּֽים׃vazikimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: with the fetters
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.