לָוָה
lâvâh · law-vaw'
properly, to twine, i.e. (by implication) to unite, to remain; also to borrow (as a form of obligation) or (caus.) to lend
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to twine, i.e. (by implication) to unite, to remain; also to borrow (as a form of obligation) or (caus.) to lend
- properly, to twine, i.e. (by implication) to unite, to remain
- also, to borrow (as a form of obligation) or (caus.) to lend
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: abide with, borrow(-er), cleave, join (self), lend(-er).
Letters
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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 fasten and establish › to reveal, behold
Authority, the one who leads that works to fasten and establish that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לָוָה 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
26 occurrences · 26 OT · 0 NT · 23 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and lendeth2 · 8%
- shall be joined2 · 8%
- be joined1 · 4%
- if thou lend1 · 4%
- thou with thee, that they may be joined1 · 4%
- and they shall be joined1 · 4%
- and thou shalt lend1 · 4%
- and thou shalt not borrow1 · 4%
- he shall lend1 · 4%
- to thee, and thou shalt not lend1 · 4%
- we have borrowed1 · 4%
- and upon all such as joined1 · 4%
- borroweth1 · 4%
- also is joined1 · 4%
- lendeth1 · 4%
- and the borrower1 · 4%
- to the lender1 · 4%
- for that shall abide1 · 4%
- as with the lender1 · 4%
- so with the borrower1 · 4%
- that hath joined1 · 4%
- that join1 · 4%
- and let us join1 · 4%
- shall cleave1 · 4%
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.