Exodus 4:25
Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.
Then Zipporah tooke a sharpe ‖stone, and cut off the foreskinne of her sonne, and †cast it at his feete, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to mee.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, knife.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. made it touch.
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- Joshua 5:2–3Rank 1 from verse 25
2¶ At that time the Lord said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
3And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
2¶ At that time the LORD said vnto Ioshua, *Make thee ‖sharpe kniues, and circumcise againe the children of Israel the second time.
3And Ioshua made him sharpe kniues, and circumcised the children of Israel at ‖the hill of the foreskinnes.
- Genesis 17:14Rank 2 from verse 25
14And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
14And the vncircumcised man-child, whose flesh of his foreskinne is not circumcised, that soule shall be cut off from his people: hee hath broken my couenant.
- 2 Samuel 16:7Rank 3 from verse 25
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Exodus 4:25
Having a keen edge or point; cutting, piercing, severe, intense, or forceful.
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Sense 1: A piece or mass of rock. Sense 2: To strike or kill with stones.
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Sense 1: To divide, sever, remove, or wound with a sharp instrument. Sense 2: Figuratively, to grieve deeply or bring to an end.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
The skin that covers the glans penis; the prepuce.
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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.
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1. To throw, send, put, lay, or direct a person or thing into, upon, around, toward, or away from a place, or into a stated condition. 2. To put away, reject, expel, remove, overthrow, or bring down. 3. To put forth or use a lot for choosing, dividing, or assigning. 4. To form an object by pouring molten material into a mould. 5. To shed, drop, or bring forth young, fruit, leaves, or flowers. 6. To raise, form, or prepare a bank, mount, trench, or way. 7. In "cast ... in his teeth," to reproach or charge something against him. 8. As a noun, the distance something may be thrown.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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Certainly, truly, firmly, or without doubt.
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Marked by or connected with blood; murderous, bloodguilty, or given to bloodshed; or involving a discharge of blood.
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Sense 1: A married man in relation to his wife. Sense 2: One who manages or cultivates carefully.
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1. The second-person singular present form of be: are, when one person is addressed. 2. Skill, craft, or skilled workmanship used to make or prepare something.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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24¶ And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the Lord met him, and sought to kill him.
24¶ And it came to passe by the way in the Inne, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.
25Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.
25Then Zipporah tooke a sharpe ‖stone, and cut off the foreskinne of her sonne, and †cast it at his feete, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to mee.
Selected passage26So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
26So he let him goe: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the Circumcision.