כְּסוּת
kᵉçûwth · kes-ooth'
a cover (garment); figuratively, a veiling
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3680 (כָּסָה);
a cover (garment); figuratively, a veiling
- a cover (garment)
- figuratively, a veiling
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: covering, raiment, vesture.
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › to support and uphold › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign
The open hand that covers that works to support and uphold that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כְּסוּת 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- behold, he is to thee a covering1 · 13%
- her raiment1 · 13%
- for that is his covering1 · 13%
- of thy vesture1 · 13%
- that they have no covering1 · 13%
- hath no covering1 · 13%
- without covering1 · 13%
- their covering1 · 13%
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.