Quick Definition
to bind
Strong's Definition
to fasten
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: bind.
TWOT Reference: 2227
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רָתַק (ra.taq) — to bind. 1) to bind 1a) (Niphal) to be snapped, be broken 1b) (Pual) to be bound
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · רַתֹּוק · רְתֻקֹות
Bind | verb pu'al
to put in chains = causative action by which humans tie (part of) the body of (other) humans or animals with a chain ► in order to keep them under control
verb
Non-Whole | verb nif
to snap, to sever = process by which something like a cord or rope suddenly breaks in two
1 ECC 12:6 MT-K ירחק | MT-Q יֵרָתֵק
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[רָתַק] vb. bind Pu. her great ones were bound with fetters.
Niph. from context = be snapped, broken
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