Missile
זֵקStrong’s H2131ziqah (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;”
Meaning
- Spark, missile, firebrand, flaming arrow
- 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.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 149:8To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
- Proverbs 26:18As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
- Isaiah 45:14Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.
- Isaiah 50:11Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
- Nahum 3:10Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
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.