יַבֹּק
Yabbôq · yab-boke'
Jabbok, a river east of the Jordan
Lexicon
Derivation: probably from H1238 (בָּקַק); pouring forth;
Jabbok, a river east of the Jordan
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jabbok.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- 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)
the hand that works › the house, what is within › what comes behind, the returning cycle
The hand that works of the house, what is within of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יַבֹּק 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.
- jabbok4 · 57%
- even unto jabbok2 · 29%
- unto jabbok1 · 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.