Judges 15:4
And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.
And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and tooke ‖firebrands, and turned taile to taile, and put a firebrand in the midst betweene two tailes.
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- ‖Alternative wordingOr, torches.
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Judges 15:4
Seized, grasped, captured, taken, overtaken, trapped, or held fast.
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Sense 1: Wild canine animals noted for craftiness. Sense 2: Used by figure of cunning or destructive persons.
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firebrands
Pieces of material kindled or smouldering with fire.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of turn, meaning to change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change.
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The part of an animal which terminates its body behind.
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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.
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A piece of combustible material burning or used to carry fire.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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The middle, centre, interior, or intervening part of a place, body, company, or condition; among, within, surrounded by, or in the presence of persons or things.
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In the space, relation, or distinction separating two or more.
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Plural form of tail (the part of an animal which terminates its body behind).
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4And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.
4And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and tooke ‖firebrands, and turned taile to taile, and put a firebrand in the midst betweene two tailes.
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5And when hee had set the brands on fire, he let them goe into the standing corne of the Philistines, and burnt vp both the shockes, and also the standing corne, with the vineyards and oliues.