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Judg. 9:53 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Andy a certain
'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
woman
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
cast
shalak (Hebrew #7993)
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.
Pronounce: shaw-lak
Origin: a primitive root
a piece
pelach (Hebrew #6400)
a slice
KJV usage: piece.
Pronounce: peh'-lakh
Origin: from 6398
of a millstone
rekeb (Hebrew #7393)
a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone
KJV usage: chariot, (upper) millstone, multitude (from the margin), wagon.
Pronounce: reh'-keb
Origin: from 7392
upon Abimelech’s
'Abiymelek (Hebrew #40)
father of (the) king; Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites
KJV usage: Abimelech.
Pronounce: ab-ee-mel'-ek
Origin: from 1 and 4428
head
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
, and all to brake
ratsats (Hebrew #7533)
to crack in pieces, literally or figuratively
KJV usage: break, bruise, crush, discourage, oppress, struggle together.
Pronounce: raw-tsats'
Origin: a primitive root
his skull
gulgoleth (Hebrew #1538)
a skull (as round); by implication, a head (in enumeration of persons)
KJV usage: head, every man, poll, skull.
Pronounce: gul-go'-leth
Origin: by reduplication from 1556
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2 Sam. 11:21• 21Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. (2 Sam. 11:21)

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Abimelech,
Head,
Mill, Millstone,
Woman

Cross References

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Judg. 9:15,20• 15And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
 20But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech. (Judg. 9:15,20)
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2 Sam. 11:21• 21Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. (2 Sam. 11:21)
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2 Sam. 20:21• 21The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. (2 Sam. 20:21)
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Job 31:3• 3Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? (Job 31:3)
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Jer. 49:20• 20Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them. (Jer. 49:20)
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Jer. 50:45• 45Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them. (Jer. 50:45)
and all to.An antiquated expression, meaning "full intention" to complete an object.
"All to," observes Dr. Johnson, "is a particle of mere enforcement."
The original is {wattaritz eth gulgalto,} which is simply as the LXX. render [kai eklase to kranion autou,] "and she brake his skull."
Plutarch relates, that Pyrrhus was killed at the siege of Thebes, by a piece of a tile, which a woman threw upon his head.

J. N. Darby Translation

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and a woman cast the upper stone of a handmillf on Abimelech’s head, and crushed his skull.

JND Translation Notes

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See Deut. 24.6.