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H3921

לֶכֶד

leked · leh'ked

something to capture with, i.e. a noose

Lexicon

Derivation: from H3920 (לָכַד);

something to capture with, i.e. a noose

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: being taken.

Letters

  1. לLamed30

    Picture: shepherd's staff or goad

    Concrete
    staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
    Extended
    authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
  2. כKaf20

    Picture: open palm

    Concrete
    palm · open hand · sole of the foot
    Extended
    to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
  3. דDalet4

    Picture: tent door hanging down

    Concrete
    door · curtain · entrance
    Extended
    a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

authority, the one who leads › the open hand that covers › the doorway, the way in

Authority, the one who leads of the open hand that covers of the doorway, the way in.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לֶכֶד 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

1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

  • from being taken1 · 100%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

מִלָּֽכֶד׃1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.

Concordance