Judges 15:16
And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
And Samson said, With the iawbone of an asse, †heapes vpon heapes, with the iaw of an asse haue I slaine a thousand men.
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- †Hebrew wordingHeb. an heape, two heapes
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Judges 15:16
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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Sense 1: Piles or masses. Sense 2: As a verb, gathers or piles up.
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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.
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The bones of the mouth in which the teeth are fixed.
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Killed, put to death, struck down, or slaughtered.
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15And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
15And he found a †new iawbone of an asse, and put foorth his hand, and tooke it, and slewe a thousand men therewith.
16And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
16And Samson said, With the iawbone of an asse, †heapes vpon heapes, with the iaw of an asse haue I slaine a thousand men.
Selected passage17And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath-lehi.
17And it came to passe when he had made an end of speaking, that hee cast away the iaw bone out of his hand, and called that place †Ramath-Lehi.