אֲחִינֹעַם
ʼĂchîynôʻam · akh-ee-no'-am
Achinoam, the name of two Israelitesses
Lexicon
Derivation: from H251 (אָח) and H5278 (נֹעַם); brother of pleasantness;
Achinoam, the name of two Israelitesses
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Ahinoam.
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
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- 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)
strength, the leader › to separate and protect › the hand that works › the seed, life continuing › to see and know › water, chaos, the mighty deep
Strength, the leader that works to separate and protect of the hand that works of the seed, life continuing that works to see and know of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֲחִינֹעַם 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 · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- ahinoam3 · 43%
- of ahinoam2 · 29%
- was ahinoam1 · 14%
- also, ahinoam1 · 14%
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.