חֲוָא
chăvâʼ · khav-aw'
to show
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H2331 (חָוָה);
to show
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: shew.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to fasten and establish › strength, the leader
To separate and protect that works to fasten and establish of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֲוָא 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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shew4 · 29%
- and we will shew2 · 14%
- ye shew1 · 7%
- ye can shew1 · 7%
- that can shew1 · 7%
- and that he would shew1 · 7%
- and i will shew1 · 7%
- to shew1 · 7%
- and shew1 · 7%
- and he will shew1 · 7%
Where it is used, by book.
- Daniel14
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.