יְהוֹצָדָק
Yᵉhôwtsâdâq · yeh-ho-tsaw-dawk'
Jehotsadak, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H6663 (צָדַק); Jehovah-righted;
Jehotsadak, an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jehozadek, Josedech. Compare H3136 (יוֹצָדָק).
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- 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 › to reveal, behold › to fasten and establish › to pursue the straight path › the doorway, the way in › what comes behind, the returning cycle
The hand that works that works to reveal, behold that works to fasten and establish that works to pursue the straight path of the doorway, the way in of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְהוֹצָדָק 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 · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of josedech6 · 75%
- jehozadak1 · 13%
- and jehozadak1 · 13%
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.