אַהֲרוֹן
ʼAhărôwn · a-har-one'
Aharon, the brother of Moses
Lexicon
Derivation: of uncertain derivation;
Aharon, the brother of Moses
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Aaron.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to reveal, behold › the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
Strength, the leader that works to reveal, behold of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַהֲרוֹן 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
347 occurrences · 347 OT · 0 NT · 56 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and aaron97 · 31%
- of aaron67 · 22%
- aaron33 · 11%
- unto aaron32 · 10%
- and unto aaron12 · 4%
- for aaron11 · 4%
- aaron's10 · 3%
- and against aaron6 · 2%
- and aaron's5 · 2%
- to aaron4 · 1%
- and when aaron4 · 1%
- shall be aaron's3 · 1%
- and to aaron3 · 1%
- of the aaronites2 · 1%
- thou, and aaron2 · 1%
- so aaron2 · 1%
- shall aaron2 · 1%
- them unto aaron2 · 1%
- and it shall be aaron's2 · 1%
- of aaron's2 · 1%
- it upon aaron2 · 1%
- as aaron2 · 1%
- upon aaron2 · 1%
- that aaron2 · 1%
- is not aaron1 · 0%
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.