אֵיד
ʼêyd · ade
oppression; by implication misfortune, ruin
Lexicon
Derivation: from the same as H181 (אוּד) (in the sense of bending down);
oppression; by implication misfortune, ruin
- oppression
- by implication, misfortune, ruin
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: calamity, destruction.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the hand that works › the doorway, the way in
Strength, the leader of the hand that works of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֵיד 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
24 occurrences · 24 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of their calamity7 · 29%
- of my calamity2 · 8%
- the calamity2 · 8%
- and destruction1 · 4%
- their destruction1 · 4%
- of destruction1 · 4%
- of their destruction1 · 4%
- is not destruction1 · 4%
- for destruction1 · 4%
- at your calamity1 · 4%
- and your destruction1 · 4%
- therefore shall his calamity1 · 4%
- at calamities1 · 4%
- for their calamity1 · 4%
- of thy calamity1 · 4%
- their calamity1 · 4%
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.