כֶּסֶא
keçeʼ · keh'-seh
properly, fulness or the full moon, i.e. its festival
Lexicon
Derivation: or כֶּסֶה; apparently from H3680 (כָּסָה);
properly, fulness or the full moon, i.e. its festival
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (time) appointed.
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
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › to support and uphold › strength, the leader
The open hand that covers that works to support and uphold of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כֶּסֶא 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in the time appointed1 · 50%
- appointed1 · 50%
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.