חַלּוֹן
challôwn · khal-lone'
a window (as perforated)
Lexicon
a window (as perforated)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: window.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- 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 › authority, the one who leads › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
To separate and protect of authority, the one who leads that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חַלּוֹן 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
31 occurrences · 31 OT · 0 NT · 25 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- windows5 · 16%
- the window3 · 10%
- and there were windows3 · 10%
- in the window2 · 6%
- through a window2 · 6%
- at a window2 · 6%
- at the windows2 · 6%
- a window1 · 3%
- out at a window1 · 3%
- to the window1 · 3%
- for at the window1 · 3%
- into our windows1 · 3%
- and windows1 · 3%
- and their windows1 · 3%
- like those windows1 · 3%
- thereof, and the windows1 · 3%
- up to the windows1 · 3%
- and the windows1 · 3%
- in the windows1 · 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.