אֲזָא
ʼăzâʼ · az-zaw'
to kindle; (by implication) to heat
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) or אֲזָה (Aramaic);
to kindle; (by implication) to heat
- to kindle
- (by implication) to heat
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: heat, hot.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to cut, to sustain › strength, the leader
Strength, the leader that works to cut, to sustain of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֲזָא 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.
- that they should heat1 · 33%
- to be heated1 · 33%
- hot1 · 33%
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.