כַּד
kad · kad
properly, a pail; but generally of earthenware; a jar for domestic purposes
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to deepen;
properly, a pail; but generally of earthenware; a jar for domestic purposes
- properly, a pail
- but generally of earthenware
- a jar for domestic purposes
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: barrel, pitcher.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- 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)
the open hand that covers › the doorway, the way in
The open hand that covers of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כַּד 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
18 occurrences · 18 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- her pitcher4 · 22%
- the pitchers3 · 17%
- with her pitcher2 · 11%
- of thy pitcher2 · 11%
- thy pitcher1 · 6%
- pitchers1 · 6%
- in a barrel1 · 6%
- the barrel1 · 6%
- and the barrel1 · 6%
- barrels1 · 6%
- or the pitcher1 · 6%
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.