Definition

properly, what leaps forth, i.e. flash of fire, or a burning arrow; also (from the original sense of the root) a bond

Etymology

(Isaiah 50: (feminine); and זִק; or זֵק; from H2187 (זָנַק);

Word family

• זָנַק zânaq

How the KJV renders it

• chain
• fetter
• firebrand
• spark

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.