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like the piercings, &c. Illustrations: Saul (1Sa_20:30; and Pro_18:21. Compare Psa_57:4, and Pro_16:27); Doeg (1Sa_22:9-19); Jews (Joh_8:48); Jeremiah (Lam_3:14. Heb_11:36).
piercings = stabs. Occurs only here.
tongue. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for what is spoken by it.
is health. Illustrations: Jethro (Exo_18:17-26); Abigail (1Sa_25:24-33); the woman (2Sa_20:16); Stephen (Act_7:59. Compare Pro_22:20).