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But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.

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Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
But the Philistines Philistine Adjective H6430 פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים fe·lish·tim,
took seize Verb H270 וַיֹּאחֲז֣וּהוּ vai·yo·cha·zu·hu
him and put out dig Verb H5365 וַֽיְנַקְּר֖וּ vay·nak·ke·ru
his eyes affliction Noun H5869 עֵינָ֑יו ei·nav;
and brought him down descend Verb H3381 וַיֹּורִ֨ידוּ vai·yo·v·ri·du
to Gaza Azzah Noun H5804 עַזָּ֗תָה az·za·tah
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and bound bind Verb H631 וַיַּאַסְר֙וּהוּ֙ vai·ya·'as·ru·hu
him with fetters of brass brasen Noun H5178 בַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִם ban·chush·ta·yim,
and he did grind grind Verb H2912 טֹוחֵ֖ן to·v·chen
house court Noun H1004 בְּבֵ֥ית be·veit

Locations

Gaza

GAZAga'-za (`azzah, "strong"; Septuagint Gaza; Arabic Ghazzeh):One of the five chief towns of Philistia and probably the oldest, situated near the coast in lat. 31 degrees 30' and about 40 miles South of Jaffa. It is on a hill rising 60 to 200 ft. above the plain, with sand dunes between it and the sea, which is about 2 1/2 miles distant. The plain around is... View Details

Put

PUTput (puT; Phoud, in Genesis and Chronicles, variant for Genesis Phout, for Chronicles, Phouth):1. Renderings:In consequence of the identification at the time, the prophets have "Libya" (Libues), except Nab 3:9, where the Greek renders the word as phuge, "flight." The Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) has "Phut," "Phuth," and in the Prophets "Li... View Details

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Put

a son of Ham, also his desc. and their land

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King James Bible But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
Hebrew Greek English But Then the Philistines took him, seized him and put gouged out his eyes, eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, Gaza and bound him with fetters of brass; bronze chains, and he did grind was a grinder in the prison house.prison.
New American Standard Bible 1995 But Then the Philistines took him, seized him and put gouged out his eyes, eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, Gaza and bound him with fetters of brass; bronze chains, and he did grind was a grinder in the prison house.prison.