כֵּס
kêç · kace
{a flag; also a sail; by implication, a flagstaff; generally a signal; figuratively, a token}
Lexicon
Derivation: apparently a contraction for H3678 (כִּסֵּא), but probably by erroneous transcription for H5251 (נֵס)
{a flag; also a sail; by implication, a flagstaff; generally a signal; figuratively, a token}
- {a flag
- also, a sail
- by implication, a flagstaff
- generally, a signal
- figuratively, a token}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: sworn.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › to support and uphold
The open hand that covers that works to support and uphold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כֵּס 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
1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- hath sworn1 · 100%
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.