Injury
נֶ֫זֶקStrong’s H5143nezeq (ne-zeq)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Nezeq is the Hebrew word usually translated “injury of”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.”
Meaning
- Injury, damage
How it's translated
- for injury of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Esther 1
1 book in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
נֶ֫זֶק nezeq · injury
injury, damage
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “injury” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
IN'JURY, noun
[Latin injuria; in and jus, juris, right.]
- In general, any wrong or damage done to a man's person, rights, reputation or goods.
- Mischief; detriment.
- Any diminution of that which is good, valuable or advantageous.
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.