זִיקָה
zîyqâh · zee-kaw'
properly, what leaps forth, i.e. flash of fire, or a burning arrow; also (from the original sense of the root) a bond
Lexicon
Derivation: (Isaiah 50: (feminine); and זִק; or זֵק; from H2187 (זָנַק);
properly, what leaps forth, i.e. flash of fire, or a burning arrow; also (from the original sense of the root) a bond
- properly, what leaps forth, i.e. flash of fire, or a burning arrow
- also, (from the original sense of the root) a bond
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: chain, fetter, firebrand, spark.
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
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- 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 › the hand that works › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to reveal, behold
To cut, to sustain of the hand that works of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זִיקָה 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in fetters1 · 14%
- with chains1 · 14%
- firebrands1 · 14%
- thee; in chains1 · 14%
- with sparks1 · 14%
- and in the sparks1 · 14%
- in chains1 · 14%
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.