Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1a) (Qal) to grasp, take hold of 1b) (Niphal) to be caught, grasped, be settled 1c) (Piel) to enclose, overlay 1d) (Hophal) fastened">270 [e] וַיֹּאחֲז֣וּהוּ way-yō-ḥă-zū-hū And took him Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp | 3ms 1) an inhabitant of Philistia; descendants of Mizraim who immigrated from Caphtor (Crete?) to the western seacoast of Canaan">6430 [e] פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים p̄ə-liš-tîm, the Philistines N-proper-mp 1a) (Qal) to bore, pick, dig 1b) (Piel) to bore out 1c) (Pual) to be dug out">5365 [e] וַֽיְנַקְּר֖וּ way-naq-qə-rū and put out Conj-w | V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3mp 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.) 2) spring, fountain">5869 [e] עֵינָ֑יו ‘ê-nāw; his eyes N-cdc | 3ms 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go or come down 1a2) to sink 1a3) to be prostrated 1a4) to come down (of revelation) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to bring down 1b2) to send down 1b3) to take down 1b4) to lay prostrate 1b5) to let down 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be brought down 1c2) to be taken down">3381 [e] וַיּוֹרִ֨ידוּ way-yō-w-rî-ḏū and brought down Conj-w | V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3mp 853 [e] אוֹת֜וֹ ’ō-w-ṯōw him DirObjM | 3ms 1) another name for 'Gaza', a city of the Philistines located in the extreme southwest of Palestine close to the Mediterranean">5804 [e] עַזָּ֗תָה ‘az-zā-ṯāh, to Gaza N-proper-fs | 3fs 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to tie, bind 1a2) to tie, harness 1a3) to bind (with cords) 1a4) to gird (rare and late) 1a5) to begin the battle, make the attack 1a6) of obligation of oath (figurative) 1b) (Niphal) to be imprisoned, bound 1c) (Pual) to be taken prisoner">631 [e] וַיַּאַסְר֙וּהוּ֙ way-ya-’as-rū-hū and they bound him Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp | 3ms 1a) copper (ore), bronze (as copper alloy) 1b) fetters (of copper or bronze) 1c) copper (as value) 2) lust, harlotry 2a) meaning dubious">5178 [e] בַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִם ban-ḥuš-ta-yim, with bronze fetters Prep-b, Art | N-fd 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone">1961 [e] וַיְהִ֥י way-hî and he became Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 2912 [e] טוֹחֵ֖ן ṭō-w-ḥên a grinder V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms 1) house 1a) house, dwelling habitation 1b) shelter or abode of animals 1c) human bodies (fig.) 1d) of Sheol 1e) of abode of light and darkness 1f) of land of Ephraim 2) place 3) receptacle 4) home, house as containing a family 5) household, family 5a) those belonging to the same household 5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body 6) household affairs 7) inwards (metaph.) 8) (TWOT) temple adv 9) on the inside prep 10) within">1004 [e] בְּבֵ֥ית bə-ḇêṯ in the Prep-b | N-msc   [האסירים] [hā-’ă-sî-rîm Prisoners Article :: Noun - masculine plural Art | N-mp   ḵ]   615 [e] (הָאֲסוּרִֽים׃) (hā-’ă-sū-rîm. prison Art | V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-mp   q)

New American Standard Bible
Then the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze chains, and he was a grinder in the prison.

King James Bible
But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze shackles, and he was forced to grind grain in the prison.

and put out. Heb. and bored out

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