אוֹפָן
ʼôwphân · o-fawn'
a wheel
Lexicon
Derivation: or (shortened) אֹפָן; from an unused root meaning to revolve;
a wheel
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: wheel.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- 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)
strength, the leader › to fasten and establish › to speak, the word › the seed, life continuing
Strength, the leader that works to fasten and establish that works to speak, the word of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אוֹפָן 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
35 occurrences · 35 OT · 0 NT · 25 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the wheels6 · 17%
- wheel6 · 17%
- the wheels6 · 17%
- wheels4 · 11%
- and the wheels3 · 8%
- of a wheel2 · 6%
- was in the wheels2 · 6%
- the wheel1 · 3%
- fitly1 · 3%
- was as it were a wheel1 · 3%
- as if a wheel1 · 3%
- even the wheels1 · 3%
- as for the wheels1 · 3%
- the same wheels1 · 3%
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.