הֲדַדְעֶזֶר
Hădadʻezer · had-ad-eh'-zer
Hadadezer, a Syrian king
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1908 (הֲדַד) and H5828 (עֵזֶר); Hadad (is his) help;
Hadadezer, a Syrian king
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Hadadezer. Compare H1928 (הֲדַרְעֶזֶר).
Letters
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to reveal, behold › the doorway, the way in › the doorway, the way in › to see and know › to cut, to sustain › the head, the highest
To reveal, behold of the doorway, the way in of the doorway, the way in that works to see and know that works to cut, to sustain of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of הֲדַדְעֶזֶר 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of hadadezer4 · 44%
- hadadezer2 · 22%
- also hadadezer1 · 11%
- against hadadezer1 · 11%
- him: for hadadezer1 · 11%
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.