KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Exodus 21:6 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Then his master” | אֲדֹנָיו֙ | Sovereign, i.e., controller (human or divine) | Then master |
| “shall bring” | וְהִגִּישׁ֤וֹ | To be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back | bring |
| “him unto” | אֶל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | him unto |
| “the judges;” | הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים | Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative | judges |
| “he shall also bring” | וְהִגִּישׁוֹ֙ | To be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back | also bring |
| “him to” | אֶל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | him to |
| “the door,” | הַדֶּ֔לֶת | Something swinging, i.e., the valve of a door | door |
| “or” | א֖וֹ | Desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if | or |
| “unto” | אֶל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | unto |
| “the door post;” | הַמְּזוּזָ֑ה | A door-post (as prominent) | door post |
| “and his master” | אֲדֹנָ֤יו | Sovereign, i.e., controller (human or divine) | master |
| “shall bore” | וְרָצַ֨ע | To pierce | bore |
| “his ear” | אָזְנוֹ֙ | Broadness. i.e., (concrete) the ear (from its form in man) | ear |
| “through with an aul;” | בַּמַּרְצֵ֔עַ | An awl | through aul |
| “and he shall serve” | וַֽעֲבָד֖וֹ | To work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc | serve |
| “him for ever.” | לְעֹלָֽם׃ | Properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always | ever |
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4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.
5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
6 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
7 And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
8 If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
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