Now about that time Herod the king laid hands on some who belonged to the church in order to mistreat them.
Original word: שְׁרִקוֹת
Transliteration: sheruqah or sheriqah
Definition (short): hissing
Definition (full): hissing, whistling, piping
Definition: hissing, whistling, piping
NASB Translation: hissing (1), piping (1).
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Or (by permutation) shriyqah {sher-ee- kaw'}; feminine passive participle of
sharaq ; a whistling (in scorn); by analogy, a piping -- bleating, hissing.
see HEBREW sharaq
KJV:
Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
NASB:
"Why did you sit among the sheepfolds, To hear the piping for the flocks? Among the divisions of Reuben There were great searchings of heart.
KJV:
To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
NASB:
To make their land a desolation, An object of perpetual hissing; Everyone who passes by it will be astonished And shake his head.