Judges 16:8
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And the princes of the Philistines brought unto her seven cords, such as he spoke of, with which she bound him;

bound him

Ecclesiastes 7:26 And I have found a woman more bitter than death, who is the hunter's snare, and her heart is a net, and her hands are bands. He that pleaseth God shall escape from her: but he that is a sinner, shall be caught by her.

Context
Samson and Delilah
7And Samson answered her: If I shall be bound with seven cords, made of sinews not yet dry, but still moist, I shall be weak like other men. 8And the princes of the Philistines brought unto her seven cords, such as he spoke of, with which she bound him;9Men lying privately in wait with her, and in the chamber, expecting the event of the thing, and she cried out to him: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he broke the bands, as a man would break a thread of tow twined with spittle, when it smelleth the fire: so it was not known wherein his strength lay.…
Cross References
Judges 16:7
And Samson answered her: If I shall be bound with seven cords, made of sinews not yet dry, but still moist, I shall be weak like other men.

Judges 16:9
Men lying privately in wait with her, and in the chamber, expecting the event of the thing, and she cried out to him: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he broke the bands, as a man would break a thread of tow twined with spittle, when it smelleth the fire: so it was not known wherein his strength lay.

Lexicon
So the lords
סַרְנֵ֣י (sar·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 5633: An axle, a peer

of the Philistines
פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים (p̄ə·liš·tîm)
Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia

brought
וַיַּעֲלוּ־ (way·ya·‘ă·lū-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively

her
לָ֞הּ (lāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

seven
שִׁבְעָ֛ה (šiḇ·‘āh)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

fresh
לַחִ֖ים (la·ḥîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3892: Fresh, unused, undried

bowstrings
יְתָרִ֥ים (yə·ṯā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3499: An overhanging, an excess, superiority, remainder, a small rope

that
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

had not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

been dried,
חֹרָ֑בוּ (ḥō·rā·ḇū)
Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2717: To parch, to desolate, destroy, kill

and she bound him
וַתַּאַסְרֵ֖הוּ (wat·ta·’as·rê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 631: To yoke, hitch, to fasten, to join battle

with them.
בָּהֶֽם׃ (bā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew


Additional Translations
So the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she bound him with them.Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green thongs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withes which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

And the princess of the Philistines brought to her seven moist cords that had not been spoiled, and she bound him with them.

Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withes which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

Then the lords of the Philistines brought to her seven green withs, which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

And the princes of the Philistines bring up to her seven green withs which have not been dried, and she bindeth him with them.
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