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Judges 16

Judg. 16:28 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
called
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
s unto the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, and said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, O Lord
'Adonay (Hebrew #136)
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
KJV usage: (my) Lord.
Pronounce: ad-o-noy'
Origin: am emphatic form of 113
God
Yhovih (Hebrew #3069)
a variation of 3068 (used after 136, and pronounced by Jews as 430, in order to prevent the repetition of the same sound, since they elsewhere pronounce 3068 as 136)
KJV usage: God.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vee'
, remember
zakar (Hebrew #2142)
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; also (as denominative from 2145) to be male
KJV usage: X burn (incense), X earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, X still, think on, X well.
Pronounce: zaw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
u me, I pray thee, and strengthen
chazaq (Hebrew #2388)
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
KJV usage: aid, amend, X calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.
Pronounce: khaw-zak'
Origin: a primitive root
me, I pray thee, only this once
pa`am (Hebrew #6471)
amah {pah-am-aw'}; from 6470; a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
KJV usage: anvil, corner, foot(-step), going, (hundred-)fold, X now, (this) + once, order, rank, step, + thrice, ((often-)), second, this, two) time(-s), twice, wheel.
Pronounce: pah'-am
Origin: or (feminine) pa
, O God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
, that I may be at once
'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
avenged
naqam (Hebrew #5359)
revenge
KJV usage: + avenged, quarrel, vengeance.
Pronounce: naw-kawm'
Origin: from 5358
naqam (Hebrew #5358)
to grudge, i.e. avenge or punish
KJV usage: avenge(-r, self), punish, revenge (self), X surely, take vengeance.
Pronounce: naw-kam'
Origin: a primitive root
of the Philistines
Plishtiy (Hebrew #6430)
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
KJV usage: Philistine.
Pronounce: pel-ish-tee'
Origin: patrial from 6429
for my two
shnayim (Hebrew #8147)
feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold
KJV usage: both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
Pronounce: shen-ah'-yim
Origin: dual of 8145
eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
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Psa. 91:15• 15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him. (Psa. 91:15)
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Lam. 3:31‑32• 31For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
 32But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. (Lam. 3:31‑32)
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Jonah 2:1‑2,7• 1Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly,
 2And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
 7When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. (Jonah 2:1‑2,7)
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Psa. 74:18‑23• 18Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
 19O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
 20Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
 21O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
 22Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
 23Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually. (Psa. 74:18‑23)
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Jer. 15:15• 15O Lord, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke. (Jer. 15:15)

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Ministry on This Verse

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2 Chron. 20:12• 12O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee. (2 Chron. 20:12)
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Psa. 50:15• 15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. (Psa. 50:15)
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Psa. 91:15• 15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him. (Psa. 91:15)
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Psa. 116:4• 4Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. (Psa. 116:4)
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Lam. 3:31‑32• 31For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
 32But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. (Lam. 3:31‑32)
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Heb. 11:32• 32And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: (Heb. 11:32)
remember me.
Psa. 74:18‑23• 18Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
 19O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
 20Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
 21O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
 22Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
 23Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually. (Psa. 74:18‑23)
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Jonah 2:1‑2,7• 1Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly,
 2And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
 7When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. (Jonah 2:1‑2,7)
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Jer. 15:15• 15O Lord, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke. (Jer. 15:15)
that I may.
Judg. 5:31• 31So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years. (Judg. 5:31)
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Psa. 58:10‑11• 10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
 11So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. (Psa. 58:10‑11)
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Psa. 143:12• 12And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant. (Psa. 143:12)
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2 Tim. 4:14• 14Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works: (2 Tim. 4:14)
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Rev. 6:10• 10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? (Rev. 6:10)
• Samson was not a man of prayer. Only twice in all his history do we hear him addressing God (Judges 15:18; 16:28). Here, whilst his enemies were celebrating their triumph, Samson cried to Jehovah. (“Samson: Victories: Judges 15” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Samson called to Jehovah, and said, Lord Jehovah, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may take one vengeance upon the Philistines for my two eyesa.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "that I may take vengeance for one of my eyes."