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2 Kings 15:25

“But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.” (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
  • יִּקְשֹׁ֣ר — 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.