זֶפֶת
zepheth · zeh'-feth
asphalt (from its tendency to soften in the sun)
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root (meaning to liquify);
asphalt (from its tendency to soften in the sun)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: pitch.
Letters
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to cut, to sustain › to speak, the word › the mark, the covenant sign
To cut, to sustain that works to speak, the word of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זֶפֶת 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and with pitch1 · 33%
- into pitch1 · 33%
- pitch1 · 33%
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.