בַּת
bath · bath
a bath or Hebrew measure (as a means of division) of liquids
Lexicon
Derivation: probably from the same as H1327 (בַּתָּה);
a bath or Hebrew measure (as a means of division) of liquids
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bath.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the mark, the covenant sign
The house, what is within of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בַּת 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
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- baths7 · 54%
- bath2 · 15%
- and the bath1 · 8%
- that the bath1 · 8%
- the bath1 · 8%
- of a bath1 · 8%
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.