לֶהָבָה
lehâbâh · leh-aw-baw'
{a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of aweapon}
Lexicon
Derivation: or לַהֶבֶת; feminine of H3851 (לַהַב), and meaning the same
{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: flame(-ming), head (of a spear).
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
- 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)
authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold › the house, what is within › to reveal, behold
Authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold of the house, what is within that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לֶהָבָה 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
19 occurrences · 19 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a flame2 · 11%
- and the flame2 · 11%
- head1 · 5%
- the flames1 · 5%
- and as the flame1 · 5%
- and flaming1 · 5%
- the flame1 · 5%
- of a flaming1 · 5%
- for a flame1 · 5%
- neither shall the flame1 · 5%
- of the flame1 · 5%
- and a flame1 · 5%
- like a flaming1 · 5%
- the flaming1 · 5%
- and by flame1 · 5%
- as a flaming1 · 5%
- them a flame1 · 5%
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.