Definition
(Isaiah 50:11) (feminine); and זִק; or זֵק; from H2187; properly, what leaps forth, i.e. flash of fire, or a burning arrow; also (from the original sense of the root) a bond
Traditional renderings: chain, fetter, firebrand, spark.
Traditional renderings: chain, fetter, firebrand, spark.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders זֵק:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
7 total
- Job 36:8בַּזִּקִּ֑ים · with chainsAnd if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,
- Psalm 149:8בְּזִקִּ֑ים · with chains…to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with shackles of iron,
- Proverbs 26:18זִקִּ֗ים · firebrandsLike a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
- Isaiah 45:14בַּזִּקִּ֖ים · in chainsThis is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’”
- Isaiah 50:11זִיק֑וֹת · with firebrands; וּבְזִיקוֹת֙ · and of the firebrandsBehold, all you who kindle a fire, who array yourselves with firebrands, walk in the light of your fire and of the firebrands you have lit! This is what you will receive from My hand: You will lie down in a place of torment.
- Nahum 3:10בַזִּקִּֽים׃ · in chainsYet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.