זַעֲוָן
Zaʻăvân · zah-av-awn'
Zaavan, an Idumaean
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2111 (זוּעַ); disquiet;
Zaavan, an Idumaean
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Zaavan.
Letters
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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)
to cut, to sustain › to see and know › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
To cut, to sustain that works to see and know that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זַעֲוָן 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and zaavan1 · 50%
- and zavan1 · 50%
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.