זִיקָה
zika · fetters, sparks
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2131 · appears 7 times in the Bible
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zika (זִיקָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “fetters, sparks”.
Fetters, the chains of a prisoner; elsewhere, burning arrows or sparks.
How to say it
zi·ka
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
- Iron rings that held prisoners' feet or hands.
- Burning sticks or fire-arrows.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- firebrands ×3
- chains ×2
- fetters ×2
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Job 36:8
And if they are bound in fetters, caught in cords of affliction,
- Psalms 149:8
to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron,
- Proverbs 26:18
Like a madman who shoots firebrands, arrows, and death,
- Isaiah 45:14
Thus says YHWH: “The labor of Egypt and the gain of Cush and the Sabeans, men of stature, will pass over to you and will be yours; they will walk behind you; in chains they will pass over; and to you they will bow down, to you they will pray: ‘Only in you is El, and there is no other; there is no other Elohim.’”
- Isaiah 50:11
Look, all of you who kindle fire, who gird yourselves with firebrands: walk in the light of your fire, and among the firebrands that you have set ablaze. From my hand this has come to you: in torment you will lie down.
- Nahum 3:10
She too went into exile, into captivity; her infants too were dashed to pieces at the head of every street; and for her honored men they cast lots, and all her great men were bound in fetters.
And 1 more times.