אֲחִימַעַץ
ʼĂchîymaʻats · akh-ee-mah'-ats
Achimaats, the name of three Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H251 (אָח) and the equivalent of H4619 (מַעַץ); brother of anger;
Achimaats, the name of three Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Ahimaaz.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- 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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to separate and protect › the hand that works › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to see and know › to pursue the straight path
Strength, the leader that works to separate and protect of the hand that works of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to see and know that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֲחִימַעַץ 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
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- ahimaaz6 · 40%
- and ahimaaz4 · 27%
- of ahimaaz2 · 13%
- with you, ahimaaz1 · 7%
- where is ahimaaz1 · 7%
- then ahimaaz1 · 7%
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.