לוֹטָן
Lôwṭân · lo-tawn'
Lotan, an Idumaean
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3875 (לוֹט); covering;
Lotan, an Idumaean
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Lotan.
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)
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
authority, the one who leads › to fasten and establish › to surround and contain › the seed, life continuing
Authority, the one who leads that works to fasten and establish that works to surround and contain of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לוֹטָן 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- lotan3 · 43%
- of lotan2 · 29%
- and lotan's1 · 14%
- was lotan's1 · 14%
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.