בְּעַד
bᵉʻad · beh-ad'
in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc.
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5704 (עַד) with prepositional prefix;
in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc.
- in up to or over against
- generally, at, beside, among, behind, for, etc.
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: about, at by (means of), for, over, through, up (-on), within.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › to see and know › the doorway, the way in
The house, what is within that works to see and know of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בְּעַד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
105 occurrences · 105 OT · 0 NT · 54 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- within3 · 16%
- for thee1 · 5%
- at1 · 5%
- for me1 · 5%
- for1 · 5%
- which is for himself1 · 5%
- through1 · 5%
- upon1 · 5%
- up1 · 5%
- by1 · 5%
- to thee over1 · 5%
- upon her and upon1 · 5%
- about him, and about1 · 5%
- about me1 · 5%
- for by means of1 · 5%
- for them1 · 5%
- for us1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.