לַהַב
lahab · lah'-hab
a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of aweapon
Lexicon
Derivation: from an usused root meaning to gleam;
a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of aweapon
- a flash
- figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of aweapon
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: blade, bright, flame, glittering.
Letters
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold › the house, what is within
Authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לַהַב 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
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the blade2 · 17%
- for it came to pass, when the flame1 · 8%
- in the flame1 · 8%
- against him, the glittering1 · 8%
- and a flame1 · 8%
- shall be as flames1 · 8%
- and the flame1 · 8%
- and with the flame1 · 8%
- with flames1 · 8%
- of a flame1 · 8%
- both the bright1 · 8%
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.