אַכְזָרִי
ʼakzârîy · ak-zawr-ree'
terrible
Lexicon
Derivation: from H393 (אַכְזָר);
terrible
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cruel (one).
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the open hand that covers › to cut, to sustain › the head, the highest › the hand that works
Strength, the leader of the open hand that covers that works to cut, to sustain of the head, the highest of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַכְזָרִי 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- they are cruel2 · 25%
- unto the cruel1 · 13%
- but he that is cruel1 · 13%
- are cruel1 · 13%
- therefore a cruel1 · 13%
- cruel1 · 13%
- of a cruel one1 · 13%
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.