גָּמַר
gâmar · gaw-mar'
to end (in the sense of completion or failure)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to end (in the sense of completion or failure)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cease, come to an end, fail, perfect, perform.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the head, the highest
To carry, to lift up of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גָּמַר 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- come to an end1 · 20%
- ceaseth1 · 20%
- that performeth1 · 20%
- fail1 · 20%
- will perfect1 · 20%
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.