יְהוֹרָם
Yᵉhôwrâm · yeh-ho-rawm'
Jehoram, the name of a Syrian and of three Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H7311 (רוּם); Jehovah-raised;
Jehoram, the name of a Syrian and 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: Jehoram, Joram. Compare H3141 (יוֹרָם).
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)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- 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)
the hand that works › to reveal, behold › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The hand that works that works to reveal, behold that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְהוֹרָם 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
29 occurrences · 29 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- jehoram6 · 21%
- and jehoram5 · 17%
- of jehoram5 · 17%
- and joram4 · 14%
- with jehoram2 · 7%
- now jehoram1 · 3%
- joram1 · 3%
- and it came to pass, when joram1 · 3%
- he to jehoram1 · 3%
- now when jehoram1 · 3%
- then jehoram1 · 3%
- against jehoram1 · 3%
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.