Judges 7:16
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
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Pitchers
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Lamentations 4:2
The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
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כַּד
kad · kad
4 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a pail; but generally of earthenware; a jar for domestic purposes
Strong's KJV usage: barrel, pitcher.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Judges 7:16Strong's last: Judges 7:20
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nebel · neh'-bel
1 times translated as this KJV form37 total Strong's occurrences
a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); hence, a vase (as similar in shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of like form)
Strong's KJV usage: bottle, pitcher, psaltery, vessel, viol.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Lamentations 4:2Strong's last: Lamentations 4:2
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And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
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And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
H3537
So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.
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And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
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The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
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pitcher
PITCH'ER, noun
1. An earthen vessel with a spout for pouring out liquors. This is its present signification. It seems formerly to have signified a water pot, jug or jar with ears.
2. An instrument for piercing the ground.
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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