זֵק
zēq
fetter
Strong's H2131NounHebrewTWOT 573

זֵק (zēq) is a Hebrew noun meaning fetter. It appears 7 times in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2131).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 573)

Range of meaning (TWOT 573)missile, spark; leaps, flash, arrow, bond; chain, fetter, firebrand
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

זֵק noun, masculine: missile, spark

Strong's H2131 זִיקָה: properly, what leaps forth, i.e. flash of fire, or a burning arrow; also (from the original sense of the root) a bond
KJV:chain, fetter, firebrand, spark.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Job 36:8Psalms 149:8Proverbs 26:18

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