זְרוֹעַ
zᵉrôwaʻ · zer-o'-ah
the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
Lexicon
Derivation: or (shortened) זְרֹעַ; and (feminine) זְרוֹעָה; or זְרֹעָה; from H2232 (זָרַע);
the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
- the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg
- figuratively, force
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: arm, [phrase] help, mighty, power, shoulder, strength.
Letters
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to cut, to sustain › the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › to see and know
To cut, to sustain of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זְרוֹעַ 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
91 occurrences · 91 OT · 0 NT · 65 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- arm21 · 37%
- and the arms4 · 7%
- thou the arm2 · 4%
- the arm2 · 4%
- with his arm2 · 4%
- and thine arm2 · 4%
- arms2 · 4%
- and his arm2 · 4%
- by mine arms2 · 4%
- his arm2 · 4%
- the arms2 · 4%
- shoulder1 · 2%
- hast thou an arm1 · 2%
- the shoulder1 · 2%
- by reason of the arm1 · 2%
- of thine arm1 · 2%
- with him is an arm1 · 2%
- between his arms1 · 2%
- that was on his arm1 · 2%
- and the arm1 · 2%
- thine arm1 · 2%
- but as for the mighty1 · 2%
- them from off his arms1 · 2%
- that were upon his arms1 · 2%
- out arm1 · 2%
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.