What Does Judges 16:17 Mean?

“That he told”

properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“her all his heart”

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything

“and said”

to say (used with great latitude)

“a razor”

a razor

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“unto her There hath not come”

to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“upon mine head”

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“for I have been a Nazarite”

separate, i.e., consecrated (as prince, a nazirite); hence (figuratively from the latter) an unpruned vine (like an unshorn nazirite)

“unto God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

i

“womb”

the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything

“from my mother's”

a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

“if I be shaven”

properly, to be bald, i.e., (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste

“will go”

to turn off (literally or figuratively)

properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses

“then my strength”

vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce)

“from me and I shall become weak”

properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to stroke (in flattering), entreat

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“and be like any other man”

ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)