בָּשַׂר
bâsar · baw-sar'
properly, to be fresh, i.e. full (rosy, (figuratively) cheerful); to announce (glad news)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to be fresh, i.e. full (rosy, (figuratively) cheerful); to announce (glad news)
- properly, to be fresh, i.e. full (rosy, (figuratively) cheerful)
- to announce (glad news)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: messenger, preach, publish, shew forth, (bear, bring, carry, preach, good, tell good) tidings.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › to consume, to destroy › the head, the highest
The house, what is within that works to consume, to destroy of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּשַׂר 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
24 occurrences · 24 OT · 0 NT · 21 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- tidings3 · 12%
- shew forth2 · 8%
- that bringest good tidings2 · 8%
- of him that bringeth good tidings2 · 8%
- and the messenger1 · 4%
- to publish1 · 4%
- publish1 · 4%
- good tidings1 · 4%
- and bear1 · 4%
- but thou shalt bear tidings1 · 4%
- thou shalt bear no tidings1 · 4%
- he also bringeth tidings1 · 4%
- and bringest1 · 4%
- to carry tidings1 · 4%
- i have preached1 · 4%
- of those that published1 · 4%
- one that bringeth good tidings1 · 4%
- that bringeth good tidings1 · 4%
- and they shall shew forth1 · 4%
- me to preach good tidings1 · 4%
- who brought tidings1 · 4%
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.