אֲזִקִּים
azikim · chains
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H246 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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azikim (אֲזִקִּים) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “chains”.
Fetters for the hands.
How to say it
a·zi·kim
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
- Chains that held a prisoner's hands.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Jeremiah 40:1
The word that came to Jeremiah from YHWH after Nebuzaradan the chief of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he took him, and he was bound in fetters among all the exiles of Jerusalem and Judah who were being carried into exile to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 40:4
And now, look, I have freed you today from the fetters that are on your hands. If it is good in your eyes to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will set my eyes on you; but if it is bad in your eyes to come with me to Babylon, refrain. See, the whole land is before you; to where it is good and right in your eyes to go, there go.”