Judges 16:22

Judges 16:22

Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.

a. ASV: Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.

b. YLT: And the hair of his head beginneth to shoot up, when he hath been shaven,

c. Amplified Bible Classic: But the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.

d. Septuagint: And the hair of his head began to grow as before it was shaven.

e. Rubin Edition Early Prophets Joshua & Judges: The hair of his head began to sprout after he had been shaven.

1. “Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.”

a. [Howbeit the] hair [Strong: 8181 sêʻâr, say-awr'; or שַׂעַר saʻar; (Isaiah 7:20), from H8175 in the sense of dishevelling; hair (as if tossed or bristling):—hair(-y), × rough.] [BLB: The KJV translates Strong's H8181 in the following manner: hair (24x), hairy (3x), rough (1x).]

b. [of his] head [Strong: 7218 rôʼsh, roshe; from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, etc.):—band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, × every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), × lead, × poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.] [BLB: The KJV translates Strong's H7218 in the following manner: head (349x), chief (91x), top (73x), beginning (14x), company (12x), captain (10x), sum (9x), first (6x), principal (5x), chapiters (4x), rulers (2x), miscellaneous (23x).]

c. began [Strong: 2490 châlal, khaw-lal'; a primitive root (compare H2470); also denominative (from H2485) properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute):—begin (× men began), defile, × break, defile, × eat (as common things), × first, × gather the grape thereof, × take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.] [BLB: The KJV translates Strong's H2490 in the following manner: begin (52x), profane (36x), pollute (23x), defile (9x), break (4x), wounded (3x), eat (2x), slay (2x), first (1x), gather grapes (1x), inheritance (1x), began men (1x), piped (1x), players (1x), prostitute (1x), sorrow (1x), stain (1x), eat as common things (1x).]

d. [to] grow again [Strong: 6779 tsâmach, tsaw-makh'; a primitive root; to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative):—bear, bring forth, (cause to, make to) bud (forth), (cause to, make to) grow (again, up), (cause to) spring (forth, up).] [BLB: The KJV translates Strong's H6779 in the following manner: grow (13x), spring forth (6x), spring up (4x), grow up (2x), bring forth (2x), bud (2x), spring out (2x), beareth (1x), bud forth (1x).]

e. after [Strong: 834 ʼăsher, ash-er'; a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.:—× after, × alike, as (soon as), because, × every, for, +forasmuch, + from whence, + how(-soever), × if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), × though, + until, + whatsoever, when, where (+ -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, + whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.] [BLB: The KJV translates Strong's H834 in the following manner: which, wherewith, because, when, soon, whilst, as if, as when, that, until, much, whosoever, whereas, wherein, whom, whose.]

f. [he was] shaven [Strong: 1548 gâlach, gaw-lakh'; a primitive root; properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste:—poll, shave (off).] [BLB: The KJV translates Strong's H1548 in the following manner: shave (17x), shave off (4x), poll (2x).]