גְּעָרָה
gᵉʻârâh · gheh-aw-raw'
a chiding
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1605 (גָּעַר);
a chiding
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: rebuke(-ing), reproof.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › to see and know › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
To carry, to lift up that works to see and know of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גְּעָרָה 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
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the rebuke4 · 27%
- at thy rebuke2 · 13%
- not rebuke2 · 13%
- at the rebuking1 · 7%
- at his reproof1 · 7%
- at the rebuke1 · 7%
- thy rebuke1 · 7%
- a reproof1 · 7%
- behold, at my rebuke1 · 7%
- and his rebuke1 · 7%
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.