H2131: זִיקָה
zîyqâh · pronounced zee-kaw' · “missile”
Definition
properly, what leaps forth, i.e. flash of fire, or a burning arrow; also (from the original sense of the root) a bond
KJV translates it as: chain, fetter, firebrand, spark.
Word origin: (Isaiah 50: (feminine); and זִק; or זֵק; from H2187 (זָנַק);
Extended definition
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H2131 is translated
- fetters ×4
- burning arrows ×1
- of firebrands ×1
- the firebrands ×1
Bible verses with H2131 (zîyqâh)
Zîyqâh appears in 6 verses.
- Job 36:8
And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
- Psalms 149:8
To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
- Proverbs 26:18
As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
- Isaiah 45:14
Thus 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 50:11
Behold, 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 3:10
Yet 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.