Ereg אֶ֫רֶג
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| אֶ֫רֶג | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | ereg |
| Strong's number | H708 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | shuttle |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | Judges (1) |
Ereg (Hebrew אֶ֫רֶג, Strong's H708) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “shuttle”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
loom, shuttle
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | beam (1), weaver's shuttle (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | weaver's shuttle (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Ereg, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Judges
- Judges 16:14And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.So while he slept, Delilah took the seven braids of his hair and wove them into the web.Then she tightened it with a pin and called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin with the loom and the web.
Job
- Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).