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Job 12:18
“He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מוּסָרmûwçâr · moo-sawr'
H4148 · Hebrew
H4148 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
- Derivation
- from H3256 (יָסַר);
- KJV renderings
- bond, chastening(-eth), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.
- Grammar
- מוּסַ֣ר — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 50 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 11:2Job 5:17Job 20:3Job 36:10Psalms 50:17
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 מוּסָר here.
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.