חוּשַׁי
Chûwshay · khoo-shah'-ee
Chushai, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2363 (חוּשׁ); hasty;
Chushai, an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Hushai.
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)
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to fasten and establish › to consume, to destroy › the hand that works
To separate and protect that works to fasten and establish that works to consume, to destroy of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חוּשַׁי 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 · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and hushai3 · 21%
- hushai2 · 14%
- of hushai2 · 14%
- behold, hushai1 · 7%
- so hushai1 · 7%
- and it came to pass, when hushai1 · 7%
- that hushai1 · 7%
- to hushai1 · 7%
- now hushai1 · 7%
- and when hushai1 · 7%
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.