H2088

זֶה

zeh · zeh

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

Lexicon

Derivation: a primitive word;

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: he, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus, very, which. Compare H2063 (זֹאת), H2090 (זֹה), H2097 (זוֹ), H2098 (זוּ).

Letters

Zayin

זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
Concrete
weapon · cutting tool · plough
Extended
to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
Concrete
a man calling out · a window · breath
Extended
behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

to cut, to sustain › to reveal, behold

To cut, to sustain that works to reveal, behold.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זֶה 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

1179 occurrences · 1179 OT · 0 NT · 121 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

this3 · 10%
in this2 · 7%
that2 · 7%
the other2 · 7%
the same1 · 3%
if it be so, why am i thus1 · 3%
whether thou be my very1 · 3%
these1 · 3%
wherefore is it1 · 3%
hence1 · 3%
such a one as this1 · 3%
from hence1 · 3%
he1 · 3%
ye here1 · 3%
on the other1 · 3%
on the one side1 · 3%
until the selfsame1 · 3%
o that there were such1 · 3%
of this1 · 3%
that here1 · 3%
one to another of him1 · 3%
all that this1 · 3%
now by this1 · 3%
unto them, why are ye now1 · 3%
that this man1 · 3%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

הַזֶּֽה׃134הַזֶּ֔ה126הַזֶּ֑ה126הַזֶּ֖ה95הַזֶּה֙80זֶ֣ה46זֶ֖ה42הַזֶּ֗ה33זֶ֥ה29זֶ֤ה24הַזֶּֽה׃ ס21הַזֶּֽה׃ פ20

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.