חֲמִשִּׁים
chămishshîym · kham-ish-sheem'
fifty
Lexicon
Derivation: multiple of H2568 (חָמֵשׁ);
fifty
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fifty.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to consume, to destroy › the hand that works › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To separate and protect of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to consume, to destroy of the hand that works of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֲמִשִּׁים 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
163 occurrences · 163 OT · 0 NT · 42 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and fifty47 · 32%
- fifty41 · 28%
- of fifty12 · 8%
- were fifty5 · 3%
- even unto fifty5 · 3%
- was fifty5 · 3%
- thereof was fifty3 · 2%
- with his fifty3 · 2%
- of fifties2 · 1%
- shall be fifty2 · 1%
- thereof, were fifty2 · 1%
- of them, were fifty2 · 1%
- over fifties2 · 1%
- thee and thy fifty2 · 1%
- him and his fifty2 · 1%
- and with him fifty2 · 1%
- it was fifty2 · 1%
- of it fifty1 · 1%
- the fifty1 · 1%
- of the fifty1 · 1%
- every where1 · 1%
- the fiftieth1 · 1%
- shall that fiftieth1 · 1%
- shall be valued at fifty1 · 1%
- even until fifty1 · 1%
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.