זֹה
zôh · zo
this or that
Lexicon
Derivation: for H2088 (זֶה);
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: as well as another, it, this, that, thus and thus.
Letters
- 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 זֹה 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- this3 · 23%
- unto them, thus1 · 8%
- and thus1 · 8%
- one as well as another1 · 8%
- thus1 · 8%
- neither is this1 · 8%
- that1 · 8%
- what1 · 8%
- and this1 · 8%
- all this1 · 8%
- unto me, this1 · 8%
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.