זֶרֶת
zereth · zeh'-reth
the spread of the fingers, i.e. a span
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2219 (זָרָה);
the spread of the fingers, i.e. a span
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: span.
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
- 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 › the head, the highest › the mark, the covenant sign
To cut, to sustain of the head, the highest of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זֶרֶת 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 · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a span2 · 29%
- thereof, and a span2 · 29%
- and a span1 · 14%
- with the span1 · 14%
- span1 · 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.