חִידָה
chîydâh · khee-daw'
a puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2330 (חוּד);
a puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dark saying (sentence, speech), hard question, proverb, riddle.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- 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 › the hand that works › the doorway, the way in › to reveal, behold
To separate and protect of the hand that works of the doorway, the way in that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חִידָה 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
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a riddle3 · 18%
- the riddle3 · 18%
- and not in dark speeches1 · 6%
- thy riddle1 · 6%
- unto us the riddle1 · 6%
- my riddle1 · 6%
- him with hard questions1 · 6%
- with hard questions1 · 6%
- my dark saying1 · 6%
- dark sayings1 · 6%
- and their dark sayings1 · 6%
- dark sentences1 · 6%
- proverb1 · 6%
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.