זִיו
zîyv · zeev
(figuratively) cheerfulness
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H2099 (זִו);
(figuratively) cheerfulness
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: brightness, countenance.
Letters
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to cut, to sustain › the hand that works › to fasten and establish
To cut, to sustain of the hand that works that works to fasten and establish.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זִיו 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- whose brightness1 · 17%
- and brightness1 · 17%
- countenance1 · 17%
- and his countenance1 · 17%
- thee, nor let thy countenance1 · 17%
- me, and my countenance1 · 17%
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.