גֶּחֶל
gechel · geh'-khel
an ember
Lexicon
Derivation: or (feminine) גַּחֶלֶת; from an unused root meaning to glow or kindle;
an ember
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (burning) coal.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › to separate and protect › authority, the one who leads
To carry, to lift up that works to separate and protect of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גֶּחֶל 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
18 occurrences · 18 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- coals5 · 28%
- stones and coals2 · 11%
- with coals2 · 11%
- upon the coals2 · 11%
- my coal1 · 6%
- before him were coals1 · 6%
- let burning coals1 · 6%
- upon hot coals1 · 6%
- coals of fire1 · 6%
- are to burning coals1 · 6%
- there shall not be a coal1 · 6%
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.