טִיט
ṭîyṭ · teet
mud or clay; figuratively, calamity
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning apparently to be sticky (rather perb. a demonstrative); from H2894 (טוּא), through the idea of dirt to be swept away);
mud or clay; figuratively, calamity
- mud or clay
- figuratively, calamity
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: clay, dirt, mire.
Letters
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to surround and contain › the hand that works › to surround and contain
To surround and contain of the hand that works that works to surround and contain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of טִיט 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
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- clay2 · 15%
- as the mire2 · 15%
- them as the mire1 · 8%
- upon the mire1 · 8%
- as the dirt1 · 8%
- me out of the mire1 · 8%
- and dirt1 · 8%
- but mire1 · 8%
- in the mire1 · 8%
- into clay1 · 8%
- their enemies in the mire1 · 8%
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.