Cross References And they, on the seventh day before the sun went down, said to him: What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them: If you had not ploughed with my heifer, you had not found out my riddle. Judges 14:17 So she wept before him the seven days of the feast: and, at length, on the seventh day, as she was troublesome to him, he expounded it. And she immediately told her countrymen. Judges 14:19 And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he went down to Ascalon, and slew there thirty men whose garments he took away, and gave to them that had declared the riddle. And being exceeding angry, he went up to his father's house: 2 Samuel 1:23 Saul and Jonathan, lovely, and comely in their life, even in death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions. Proverbs 30:30 A lion, the strongest of beasts, who hath no fear of any thing he meeteth: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And they, on the seventh day before the sun went down, said to him: What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them: If you had not ploughed with my heifer, you had not found out my riddle. Context Samson's Riddle…17So she wept before him the seven days of the feast: and, at length, on the seventh day, as she was troublesome to him, he expounded it. And she immediately told her countrymen. 18And they, on the seventh day before the sun went down, said to him: What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them: If you had not ploughed with my heifer, you had not found out my riddle.19And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he went down to Ascalon, and slew there thirty men whose garments he took away, and gave to them that had declared the riddle. And being exceeding angry, he went up to his father's house:… Lexicon Beforeבְּטֶ֙רֶם֙ (bə·ṭe·rem) Preposition-b | Adverb Strong's Hebrew 2962: Non-occurrence, not yet, before sunset יָבֹ֣א (yā·ḇō) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go on the seventh הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י (haš·šə·ḇî·‘î) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7637: Seventh (an ordinal number) day, בַּיּ֣וֹם (bay·yō·wm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day the men אַנְשֵׁ֨י (’an·šê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person of the city הָעִ֜יר (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement said וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say to [Samson]: לוֹ֩ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew “What מַה־ (mah-) Interrogative Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what is sweeter מָּת֣וֹק (mā·ṯō·wq) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4966: Sweet, sweetness than honey? מִדְּבַ֔שׁ (mid·də·ḇaš) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1706: Honey, syrup And what [is] וּמֶ֥ה (ū·meh) Conjunctive waw | Interrogative Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what stronger עַ֖ז (‘az) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5794: Strong, vehement, harsh than a lion?” מֵאֲרִ֑י (mê·’ă·rî) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 738: A lion So he said to them: וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say “If you had not לוּלֵא֙ (lū·lê) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3884: If not, unless plowed חֲרַשְׁתֶּ֣ם (ḥă·raš·tem) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2790: To cut in, engrave, plow, devise with my heifer, בְּעֶגְלָתִ֔י (bə·‘eḡ·lā·ṯî) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 5697: A, calf, one nearly grown you would not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no have solved מְצָאתֶ֖ם (mə·ṣā·ṯem) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present my riddle!” חִידָתִֽי׃ (ḥî·ḏā·ṯî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 2420: A riddle, an enigmatic, perplexing saying or question Additional Translations Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” So he said to them: “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!”And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion? and he said to them, If you had not plowed with my heifer, you had not found out my riddle. And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle. And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day, before sunrise, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? and Sampson said to them, If ye had not ploughed with my heifer, ye would not have known my riddle. And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey, And what stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If ye had not ploughed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle. And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle. And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle. The men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" He said to them, "If you hadn't plowed with my heifer, you wouldn't have found out my riddle." And the men of the city say to him on the seventh day, before the sun goeth in: -- 'What is sweeter than honey? And what stronger than a lion?' And he saith to them: 'Unless ye had ploughed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle.' Jump to Previous Bride's City Cow Hadn't Heifer Honey Lion Ploughing Plowed Riddle Room Samson Seventh Stronger Sun Sunset Sweeter Wouldn'tJump to Next Bride's City Cow Hadn't Heifer Honey Lion Ploughing Plowed Riddle Room Samson Seventh Stronger Sun Sunset Sweeter Wouldn'tLinks Judges 14:18 NIVJudges 14:18 NLT Judges 14:18 ESV Judges 14:18 NASB Judges 14:18 KJV Judges 14:18 Bible Apps Judges 14:18 Biblia Paralela Judges 14:18 Chinese Bible Judges 14:18 French Bible Judges 14:18 German Bible Alphabetical: a And Before city day down found had have he heifer him honey If is lion men my not of on out plowed riddle said Samson seventh So solved stronger sun sunset sweeter than the them to town went What with would you OT History: Judges 14:18 The men of the city said (Jd Judg. Jdg) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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