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Missile

זֵקStrong’s H2131

ziqah (zi-qah)

Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Ziqah is the Hebrew word usually translated “fetters”, “burning arrows” and “firebrands”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.

“And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;”
Job 36:8 KJV
Meaning
  1. Spark, missile, firebrand, flaming arrow
  2. Fetters
How it's translated
  • in fetters 2
  • with fetters 2
  • burning arrows 1
  • firebrands 1
  • and with firebrands 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 2
  • Job 1
  • Psalms 1
  • Proverbs 1
  • Nahum 1

5 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

זֵק ziqah · missile

spark, missile, firebrand, flaming arrow

זֵק ziqah · fetter

fetters

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “missile” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

MIS'SILE, adjective

[Latin missilis, from missus, sent; mitto, to send.]

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.