לָט
lâṭ · lawt
properly, covered, i.e. secret; by implication, incantation; also secrecy or (adverb) covertly
Lexicon
Derivation: a form of H3814 (לָאט) or else participle from H3874 (לוּט);
properly, covered, i.e. secret; by implication, incantation; also secrecy or (adverb) covertly
- properly, covered, i.e. secret
- by implication, incantation
- also, secrecy or (adverb) covertly
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: enchantment, privily, secretly, softly.
Letters
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
authority, the one who leads › to surround and contain
Authority, the one who leads that works to surround and contain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לָט 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- so with their enchantments3 · 50%
- softly1 · 17%
- secretly1 · 17%
- privily1 · 17%
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.