חָזֶה
châzeh · khaw-zeh'
the breast (as most seen in front)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2372 (חָזָה);
the breast (as most seen in front)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: breast.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to cut, to sustain › to reveal, behold
To separate and protect that works to cut, to sustain that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָזֶה 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
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- breast5 · 38%
- the breast3 · 23%
- with the breast1 · 8%
- that the breast1 · 8%
- but the breast1 · 8%
- upon the breasts1 · 8%
- and the breasts1 · 8%
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.