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Judges 14

Judg. 14:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Samson
Shimshown (Hebrew #8123)
sunlight; Shimshon, an Israelite
KJV usage: Samson.
Pronounce: shim-shone'
Origin: from 8121
went down
yarad (Hebrew #3381)
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications): --X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Pronounce: yaw-rad'
too Timnath
Timnah (Hebrew #8553)
a portion assigned; Timnah, the name of two places in Palestine
KJV usage: Timnah, Timnath, Thimnathah.
Pronounce: tim-naw'
Origin: from 4487
, and saw
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
q a woman
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
in Timnath
Timnah (Hebrew #8553)
a portion assigned; Timnah, the name of two places in Palestine
KJV usage: Timnah, Timnath, Thimnathah.
Pronounce: tim-naw'
Origin: from 4487
of the daughters
bath (Hebrew #1323)
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.
Pronounce: bath
Origin: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121)
of the Philistines
Plishtiy (Hebrew #6430)
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
KJV usage: Philistine.
Pronounce: pel-ish-tee'
Origin: patrial from 6429
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Gen. 38:13• 13And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep. (Gen. 38:13)
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Josh. 15:10• 10And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah: (Josh. 15:10)
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Gen. 34:1‑2• 1And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
 2And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. (Gen. 34:1‑2)

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Daughter,
Philistines,
Samson,
Timnath,
Woman

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-5:  Samson desires a wife of the Philistines.
6-7:  In his journey he kills a lion.
8-9:  In a second journey he finds honey in the carcase.
10-11:  Samson's marriage feast.
12-18:  His riddle by his wife is made known.
19:  He spoils thirty Philistines.
20:  His wife is married to another.
Timnath.
Gen. 38:12‑13• 12And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
 13And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep. (Gen. 38:12‑13)
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Josh. 15:10• 10And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah: (Josh. 15:10)
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Josh. 19:43• 43And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron, (Josh. 19:43)
aw.
Gen. 6:2• 2That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. (Gen. 6:2)
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Gen. 34:1‑2• 1And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
 2And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. (Gen. 34:1‑2)
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2 Sam. 11:2• 2And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. (2 Sam. 11:2)
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Job 31:1• 1I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? (Job 31:1)
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Psa. 119:37• 37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way. (Psa. 119:37)
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1 John 2:16• 16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. (1 John 2:16)
• Samson (the church likewise, founded on an ascended Christ) should have been a true representative of separation to God. (“Samson: the Serpent and the Lion, the Feast: Judges 14” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Samson went down to Timnathah, and saw a woman in Timnathah of the daughters of the Philistines.