אוֹת
ʼôwth · oth
a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
Lexicon
Derivation: probably from H225 (אוּת) (in the sense of appearing);
a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: mark, miracle, (en-) sign, token.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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)
strength, the leader › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign
Strength, the leader that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אוֹת 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
80 occurrences · 80 OT · 0 NT · 55 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and this shall be a sign6 · 13%
- signs6 · 13%
- sign3 · 7%
- the signs2 · 4%
- this is the token2 · 4%
- and it shall be for a sign2 · 4%
- them for a sign2 · 4%
- and they shall be a sign2 · 4%
- thee a sign2 · 4%
- and it shall be for a token2 · 4%
- his signs2 · 4%
- and it shall be a token1 · 2%
- me, for all the signs1 · 2%
- certainly i will be with thee; and this shall be a token1 · 2%
- with the ensign1 · 2%
- a mark1 · 2%
- for it is a sign1 · 2%
- shall be to you for a token1 · 2%
- and my signs1 · 2%
- these my signs1 · 2%
- shall this sign1 · 2%
- it is a sign1 · 2%
- my signs1 · 2%
- him, and all the signs1 · 2%
- and let them be for signs1 · 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.