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1 Kings 16:9

“And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

קָשַׁרqâshar · kaw-shar'
H7194 · Hebrew
Definition
to tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love, league)
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
bind (up), (make a) conspire(-acy, -ator), join together, knit, stronger, work (treason).
Grammar
  • וַ — conjunction
  • יִּקְשֹׁ֤ר — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3ms
Usage
Occurs 44 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 30:41Genesis 30:42Genesis 38:28Genesis 44:30Deuteronomy 6:8

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read קָשַׁר here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.