חֵיוָא
chêyvâʼ · khay-vaw'
an animal
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) from H2418 (חֲיָא);
an animal
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: beast.
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
- 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 › the hand that works › to fasten and establish › strength, the leader
To separate and protect of the hand that works that works to fasten and establish of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֵיוָא 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
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the beasts8 · 40%
- beast4 · 20%
- beasts2 · 10%
- the beast2 · 10%
- let the beasts1 · 5%
- and let a beast's1 · 5%
- which the beasts1 · 5%
- of the beasts1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
- Daniel20
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.