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Judges 16:23

“Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

סֶרֶןçeren · seh'-ren
H5633 · Hebrew

Definition: an axle; figuratively, a peer
Derivation: from an unused root of uncertain meaning;
KJV renderings: lord, plate.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
סַרְנֵ֣י — common noun, masculine, plural, construct
Code HC/Ncmpc
Usage: Occurs 22 times in the Hebrew Bible.Joshua 13:3 Judges 3:3 Judges 16:5 Judges 16:8 Judges 16:18

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 סֶרֶן here.

Verse 22 Verse 24

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.