יוֹרָם
Yôwrâm · yo-rawm'
Joram, the name of three Israelites and one Syrian
Lexicon
Derivation: a form of H3088 (יְהוֹרָם);
Joram, the name of three Israelites and one Syrian
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Joram.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 fasten and establish › the head, the highest › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The hand that works that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יוֹרָם 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
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- joram8 · 40%
- of joram4 · 20%
- and joram2 · 10%
- so joram1 · 5%
- with joram1 · 5%
- against joram1 · 5%
- now joram1 · 5%
- for joram1 · 5%
- to joram1 · 5%
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.