Words the Bible translates as fasten
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- taqaתָּקַעto drive or thrust something into a surface or a body with a sharp, forceful blow
+3 more meanings
- to blow a trumpet or ram's horn by giving it a sharp burst of breath
- to strike or clap the hand, either as a binding pledge of surety or as applause
- to pitch a tent by driving its stakes into the ground
- aḥazאָחַזto grasp: to close the hand on something and hold it fast
- qasharקָשַׁרto tie one thing to another, and so to fasten a person's loyalty, learning, or love just as firmly
+1 more meaning
- to conspire: to bind oneself together with others in a sworn plot, usually to seize a throne or break a treaty
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