עֶכֶס
eches · fetter, anklet
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5914 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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eches (עֶכֶס) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “fetter, anklet”.
A fetter or an anklet; an ornament or bond for the ankle.
How to say it
e·ches
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Metal rings women wore round the lower leg.
- Chains on the feet, like a prisoner's.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- anklets ×1
- as one in fetters ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Proverbs 7:22
He goes after her suddenly, as an ox to the slaughter goes, and as one in fetters to the correction goes the fool,
- Isaiah 3:18
On that day Adonai will remove the beauty of the anklets, and the hairnets and the crescents;