כָּסָה
kâçâh · kaw-saw'
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
- properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows
- by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare H3780 (כָּשָׂה).
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › to support and uphold › to reveal, behold
The open hand that covers that works to support and uphold that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כָּסָה 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
152 occurrences · 152 OT · 0 NT · 119 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- covered13 · 13%
- and covered10 · 10%
- to cover10 · 10%
- shall cover10 · 10%
- and cover7 · 7%
- cover7 · 7%
- that covereth7 · 7%
- covereth4 · 4%
- were covered4 · 4%
- hath covered3 · 3%
- is covered2 · 2%
- may cover2 · 2%
- he that covereth2 · 2%
- concealeth2 · 2%
- have covered2 · 2%
- i will cover2 · 2%
- he covereth2 · 2%
- and hath covered2 · 2%
- which covered2 · 2%
- he covered2 · 2%
- because she had covered1 · 1%
- from her, and covered her1 · 1%
- and conceal1 · 1%
- and covered herself1 · 1%
- shall i hide1 · 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.