枷
jiā
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How is 枷 read in the Chinese Bible?
枷 is read jiā in the Chinese Union Version. It occurs 5 times in 3 verses across 1 books, first in Jeremiah 20:2.
- Occurrences
- 5
- Verses
- 3
- Books
- 1
- First in
- Jeremiah 20:2
Words it forms in the Bible
- 枷jiā× 5cangue (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China)
Meaning: the stocks, a cangue scaffold
In the text
- Jeremiah 20:2
他就打先知耶利米，用耶和华殿里便雅悯高门内的枷，将他枷在那里。
- Jeremiah 20:3
次日，巴施户珥将耶利米开枷释放。于是耶利米对他说：「耶和华不是叫你的名为巴施户珥，乃是叫你玛歌珥·米撒毕 ，
- Jeremiah 29:26
『耶和华已经立你西番雅为祭司，代替祭司耶何耶大，使耶和华殿中有官长，好将一切狂妄自称为先知的人用枷枷住，用锁锁住。
Reading checked against CC-CEDICT, for the character or the word it sits in.
Rare: outside the 3,500 level-1 characters of the 通用规范汉字表 (2013), China’s official list of common characters. For learners: common by that list, but in no HSK 3.0 word of levels 1–6.