KJV King James Version
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name [was] Manoah; and his wife [was] barren, and bare not.
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Judges 13:2
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name [was] Manoah; and his wife [was] barren, and bare not.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.
WEB World English Bible
There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and didn’t bear.
ASV American Standard Version
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And there is a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danite, and his name is Manoah, his wife is barren, and hath not borne;
Surrounding context — Judges 13
1 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
2 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name [was] Manoah; and his wife [was] barren, and bare not.
3 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou [art] barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.
4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean [thing]:
5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no rasor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיְהִי֩H1961 · ha.yahto beאִ֨ישׁH376 · ishmanאֶחָ֧דH259 · e.chadoneמִצָּרְעָ֛הH6881 · tsor.ahZorahמִמִּשְׁפַּ֥חַתH4940 · mish.pa.chahfamilyהַדָּנִ֖יH1839 · da.niDaniteוּשְׁמ֣וֹH8034 · shemnameמָנ֑וֹחַH4495 · ma.no.achManoahוְאִשְׁתּ֥וֹH802 · ish.shahwomanעֲקָרָ֖הH6135 · a.qarbarrenוְלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotיָלָֽדָה׃H3205 · ya.ladto beget
Cross-references
Joshua 19:41And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh,Genesis 25:21And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she [was] barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.Luke 1:7And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were [now] well stricken in years.Joshua 15:33[And] in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,Genesis 16:1Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name [was] Hagar.1 Samuel 1:2-6And he had two wives; the name of the one [was] Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
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