יְעוּשׁ
Yᵉʻûwsh · yeh-oosh'
Jeush, the name of an Edomite and of four Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5789 (עוּשׁ); hasty;
Jeush, the name of an Edomite and of four Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jehush, Jeush. Compare H3274 (יְעִישׁ).
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to see and know › to fasten and establish › to consume, to destroy
The hand that works that works to see and know that works to fasten and establish that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְעוּשׁ 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- jeush2 · 33%
- and jeush2 · 33%
- jehush1 · 17%
- but jeush1 · 17%
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.