דֵּן
dên · dane
this
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) an orthographical variation of H1791 (דֵּךְ);
this
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (afore-) time, [phrase] after this manner, here (-after), one...another, such, there(-fore), these, this (matter), [phrase] thus, where(-fore), which.
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- 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)
the doorway, the way in › the seed, life continuing
The doorway, the way in of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דֵּן 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
58 occurrences · 58 OT · 0 NT · 27 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- this28 · 49%
- therefore3 · 5%
- and this3 · 5%
- of this3 · 5%
- thus2 · 4%
- these2 · 4%
- hereafter2 · 4%
- which1 · 2%
- by this1 · 2%
- this matter1 · 2%
- with this1 · 2%
- such1 · 2%
- are these1 · 2%
- one1 · 2%
- another1 · 2%
- at that1 · 2%
- because1 · 2%
- after this1 · 2%
- wherefore1 · 2%
- aforetime1 · 2%
- so this1 · 2%
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.