זֹאת
zôʼth · zothe'
this (often used adverb)
Lexicon
Derivation: irregular feminine of H2089 (זֶה);
this (often used adverb)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: hereby (-in, -with), it, likewise, the one (other, same), she, so (much), such (deed), that, therefore, these, this (thing), thus.
Letters
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to cut, to sustain › strength, the leader › the mark, the covenant sign
To cut, to sustain of strength, the leader of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זֹאת 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
604 occurrences · 604 OT · 0 NT · 100 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- this3 · 11%
- she1 · 4%
- because she1 · 4%
- her1 · 4%
- but in this1 · 4%
- only herein1 · 4%
- hereby1 · 4%
- that1 · 4%
- so1 · 4%
- after this1 · 4%
- to this1 · 4%
- wherefore1 · 4%
- these1 · 4%
- thus1 · 4%
- and if ye will not for all this1 · 4%
- for all that1 · 4%
- it1 · 4%
- all these1 · 4%
- that such1 · 4%
- unto them likewise1 · 4%
- us such things as these1 · 4%
- not so1 · 4%
- there was no such deed1 · 4%
- them, on this1 · 4%
- than thus1 · 4%
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.