זָנַח
zânach · zaw-nakh'
reject, forsake, fail
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root meaning to push aside, i.e.
reject, forsake, fail
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cast away (off), remove far away (off).
Letters
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to cut, to sustain › the seed, life continuing › to separate and protect
To cut, to sustain of the seed, life continuing that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זָנַח 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
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- hath cast off2 · 9%
- him, he will cast thee off1 · 5%
- had cast them off1 · 5%
- did cast away1 · 5%
- why dost thou cast me off1 · 5%
- thou hast cast off1 · 5%
- cast us not off1 · 5%
- thou hast cast us off1 · 5%
- which hadst cast us off1 · 5%
- why hast thou cast us off1 · 5%
- cast off1 · 5%
- why castest thou off1 · 5%
- but thou hast cast off1 · 5%
- who hast cast us off1 · 5%
- and they shall turn1 · 5%
- far away1 · 5%
- and thou hast removed1 · 5%
- far off1 · 5%
- will not cast off1 · 5%
- hath cast1 · 5%
- i had not cast them off1 · 5%
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.