בַּת־שֶׁבַע
Bath-Shebaʻ · bath-sheh'-bah
Bath-Sheba, the mother of Solomon
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1323 (בַּת) and H7651 (שֶׁבַע) (in the sense of H7650 (שָׁבַע)); daughter of an oath;
Bath-Sheba, the mother of Solomon
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Bath-sheba.
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
- 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
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the mark, the covenant sign › to consume, to destroy › the house, what is within › to see and know
The house, what is within of the mark, the covenant sign that works to consume, to destroy of the house, what is within that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בַּת־שֶׁבַע 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
22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and bathsheba3 · 27%
- bathsheba2 · 18%
- to bathsheba2 · 18%
- is not this bathsheba1 · 9%
- unto bathsheba1 · 9%
- me bathsheba1 · 9%
- then bathsheba1 · 9%
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.