אוּד
ʼûwd · ood
a poker (for turning or gathering embers)
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to rake together;
a poker (for turning or gathering embers)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (fire-) brand.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to fasten and establish › the doorway, the way in
Strength, the leader that works to fasten and establish of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אוּד 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- firebrands1 · 33%
- and ye were as a firebrand1 · 33%
- thee: is not this a brand1 · 33%
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.