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Judges 9:53

And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and all to brake his skull.

KJV

et ecce una mulier fragmen molæ desuper jaciens, illisit capiti Abimelech, et confregit cerebrum ejus.

Vulgate

καὶ ἔρριψεν γυνὴ μία κλάσμα ἐπιμυλίου ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν Ἀβειμέλεχ, καὶ ἔκλασεν τὸ κρανίον αὐτοῦ.

LXX

And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and brake his skull.

ASV

וַ/תַּשְׁלֵ֞ךְ אִשָּׁ֥ה אַחַ֛ת פֶּ֥לַח רֶ֖כֶב עַל רֹ֣אשׁ אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ וַ/תָּ֖רִץ אֶת גֻּלְגָּלְתּֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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People AbimelechAbimelech

In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ
'bymlk
proper_noun · 67×
אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הוּ
hv
verb · 125×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
ם
m
noun · 12×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פֶ֤לַח
plch
noun · 6×
רֶ֔כֶב
rkb
noun · 119×
רָצ֤וּץ
rtsvts
verb · 19×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 11:21 — Who 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
  • Eccl 10:8 — He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
  • Jer 49:20 — Therefore 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: su
  • Jer 50:45 — Therefore 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
  • Job 31:3 — Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
  • Judg 9:20 — But 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.