חָשֻׁק
châshuq · khaw-shook'
attached, i.e. a fence-rail or rod connecting the posts or pillars
Lexicon
Derivation: or חָשׁוּק; past participle of H2836 (חָשַׁק);
attached, i.e. a fence-rail or rod connecting the posts or pillars
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fillet.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- 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
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to consume, to destroy › what comes behind, the returning cycle
To separate and protect that works to consume, to destroy of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָשֻׁק 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and their fillets8 · 100%
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.