Strong’s H2131 · Hebrew
זִיקָה
zîyqâh · zee-kaw'
Origin (Isaiah 50: (feminine); and זִק; or זֵק; from זָנַק (H2187);
Meaning properly, what leaps forth, i.e. flash of fire, or a burning arrow; also (from the original sense of the root) a bond
In the King James Version chain, fetter, firebrand, spark.
In 6 verses of the King James Version
- Job 36:8And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
- Psalms 149:8To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
- Proverbs 26:18As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
- Isaiah 45:14Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.
- Isaiah 50:11Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
- Nahum 3:10Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.