חָזוֹן
châzôwn · khaw-zone'
a sight (mentally), i.e. a dream, revelation, or oracle
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2372 (חָזָה);
a sight (mentally), i.e. a dream, revelation, or oracle
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: vision.
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to cut, to sustain › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
To separate and protect that works to cut, to sustain that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָזוֹן 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
35 occurrences · 35 OT · 0 NT · 27 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the vision8 · 23%
- vision4 · 11%
- a vision3 · 9%
- in the vision2 · 6%
- for the vision2 · 6%
- visions2 · 6%
- in a vision2 · 6%
- and according to all this vision1 · 3%
- in vision1 · 3%
- where there is no vision1 · 3%
- no vision1 · 3%
- and every vision1 · 3%
- of every vision1 · 3%
- in all visions1 · 3%
- how long shall be the vision1 · 3%
- shall be the vision1 · 3%
- for yet the vision1 · 3%
- shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision1 · 3%
- of the vision1 · 3%
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.