חֹרֶף
chôreph · kho'-ref
properly, the crop gathered, i.e. (by implication) the autumn (and winter) season; figuratively, ripeness of age
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2778 (חָרַף);
properly, the crop gathered, i.e. (by implication) the autumn (and winter) season; figuratively, ripeness of age
- properly, the crop gathered, i.e. (by implication) the autumn (and winter) season
- figuratively, ripeness of age
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cold, winter (-house), youth.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the head, the highest › to speak, the word
To separate and protect of the head, the highest that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֹרֶף 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and winter2 · 29%
- of my youth1 · 14%
- by reason of the cold1 · 14%
- in the winterhouse1 · 14%
- the winter1 · 14%
- and in winter1 · 14%
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.