כֶּבֶשׂ
kebes · keh-bes'
a ram (just old enough to butt)
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to dominate;
a ram (just old enough to butt)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: lamb, sheep.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- 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 open hand that covers › the house, what is within › to consume, to destroy
The open hand that covers of the house, what is within that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כֶּבֶשׂ 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
107 occurrences · 107 OT · 0 NT · 40 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- lambs43 · 40%
- lamb28 · 26%
- and for the lambs8 · 7%
- the lamb4 · 4%
- a lamb3 · 3%
- the lambs3 · 3%
- he lamb2 · 2%
- it out from the sheep1 · 1%
- and a lamb1 · 1%
- he lambs1 · 1%
- an he lamb1 · 1%
- or for a lamb1 · 1%
- unto a lamb1 · 1%
- also the lambs1 · 1%
- of my sheep1 · 1%
- or of lambs1 · 1%
- then shall the lambs1 · 1%
- with the lamb1 · 1%
- but i was like a lamb1 · 1%
- for the lambs1 · 1%
- and to the lambs1 · 1%
- of a lamb1 · 1%
- them as a lamb1 · 1%
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.