Word Study · Strong's H5914 · Hebrew

עֶכֶס

ekes

eh'-kes

Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻekeç

“a fetter”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a fetter; hence, an anklet

Rendered in the KJV as

stocks, tinkling ornament.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

הָעֲכָסִ֛ים1
וּ֝כְעֶ֗כֶס1

How it is rendered · 2

and like an anklet1
the anklets1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular1
the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HC/R/Ncmsa · 1
HTd/Ncmpa · 1

All 2, in canonical order

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Where this word lives

Proverbs1 of 2 · 50%
Isaiah1 of 2 · 50%

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Proverbs1 occurrence

Proverbs 7:22וּ֝כְעֶ֗כֶסukheekhesconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singularHe follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,here: and like an anklet

Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 3:18הָעֲכָסִ֛יםhaakhasimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralIn that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents;here: the anklets

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