Strong's Concordance
Original word: חוּד
Transliteration: chud
Definition (short): propound
Definition (full): to tie a, knot, to propound a, riddle
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: denominative verb from the same as chidah
Definition: to propound a riddle
NASB Translation: propound (3), propounded (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
A primitive root; properly, to tie a knot, i.e. (figuratively) to propound a riddle -- put forth.
References
KJV:
And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
NASB:
Then Samson said to them, "Let me now propound a riddle to you; if you will indeed tell it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen wraps and thirty changes of clothes.
KJV:
But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.
NASB:
"But if you are unable to tell me, then you shall give me thirty linen wraps and thirty changes of clothes." And they said to him, "Propound your riddle, that we may hear it."
KJV:
And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?
NASB:
Samson's wife wept before him and said, "You only hate me, and you do not love me; you have propounded a riddle to the sons of my people, and have not told it to me." And he said to her, "Behold, I have not told it to my father or mother; so should I tell you?"