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Judges 14

Jue. 14:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But Samson’s
Shimshown (Hebrew #8123)
sunlight; Shimshon, an Israelite
KJV usage: Samson.
Pronounce: shim-shone'
Origin: from 8121
wife
'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
was givenu to his companion
merea` (Hebrew #4828)
a friend
KJV usage: companion, friend.
Pronounce: may-ray'-ah
Origin: from 7462 in the sense of companionship
, whom he had used as his friend
ra`ah (Hebrew #7462)
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
KJV usage: X break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep)(-er), pastor, + shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
w.

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 These ways of God all culminate in victory and in the blessings consequent thereon. How encouraging to prove it! Very often, to our confusion, our own ways come to nothing. Witness Samson, who did not take the daughter of the Philistine as his wife. (Samson: the Serpent and the Lion, the Feast: Judges 14 by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Samson’s wife was given to his companion, whom he had made his friend.