Exodus 28:14
And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
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Fasten
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Jeremiah 10:4
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
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נָתַן
nâthan · naw-than'
3 times translated as this KJV form2,007 total Strong's occurrences
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, × avenge, × be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, × doubtless, × without fail, fasten, frame, × get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), × have, × indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), lie, lift up, make, O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, × pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), sing, slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, × surely, × take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, weep, willingly, withdraw, would (to) God, yield.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 28:14Strong's last: Exodus 39:31
Open full H5414 profile →חָזַק
châzaq · khaw-zak'
1 times translated as this KJV form288 total Strong's occurrences
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
Strong's KJV usage: aid, amend, × 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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Jeremiah 10:4Strong's last: Jeremiah 10:4
Open full H2388 profile →תָּקַע
tâqaʻ · taw-kah'
1 times translated as this KJV form68 total Strong's occurrences
to clatter, i.e. slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy, to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to become bondsman by handclasping)
Strong's KJV usage: blow (a trumpet), cast, clap, fasten, pitch (tent), smite, sound, strike, × suretiship, thrust.
Strong's first: Isaiah 22:23Strong's last: Isaiah 22:23
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H5414
And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
H5414
And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.
H5414
And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses.
H8628
And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house.
H2388
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
English meaning and historical usage.
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fasten
F'ASTEN, verb transitive f'asn.
1. To fix firmly; to make fast or close; as, to fasten a chain to the feet, or to fasten the feet with fetters.
2. To lock, bolt or bar; to secure; as, to fasten a door or window.
3. To hold together; to cement or to link; to unite closely in any manner and by any means, as by cement, hooks, pins, nails, cords, etc.
4. To affix or conjoin.
The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with different ideas fastened to them. [Not common.]
5. To fix; to impress.
Thinking, by this face,
To fasten in our thoughts that they have courage.
6. To lay on with strength.
Could he fasten a blow, or make a thrust, when not suffered to approach?
F'ASTEN, verb intransitive To fasten on, is to fix one's self; to seize and hold on; to clinch.
The leech will hardly fasten on a fish.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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