אֶזְרָח
ʼezrâch · ez-rawkh'
a spontaneous growth, i.e. native (tree or persons)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2224 (זָרַח) (in the sense of springing up);
a spontaneous growth, i.e. native (tree or persons)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bay tree, (home-) born (in the land), of the (one's own) country (nation).
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to cut, to sustain › the head, the highest › to separate and protect
Strength, the leader that works to cut, to sustain of the head, the highest that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֶזְרָח 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 · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- or born1 · 6%
- it; and he shall be as one that is born1 · 6%
- shall be to him that is homeborn1 · 6%
- at all, whether it be one of your own country1 · 6%
- with beasts, whether it be one of your own country1 · 6%
- neither any of your own nation1 · 6%
- with you shall be unto you as one born1 · 6%
- born1 · 6%
- as he that is born in the land1 · 6%
- as for one of your own country1 · 6%
- and for him that was born1 · 6%
- all that are born of the country1 · 6%
- both for him that is born1 · 6%
- whether he be born in the land1 · 6%
- as he that was born1 · 6%
- bay tree1 · 6%
- you: and they shall be unto you as born1 · 6%
- in the country1 · 6%
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.