לַפִּיד
lappîyd · lap-peed'
a flambeau, lamp or flame
Lexicon
Derivation: or לַפִּד; from an unused root probably meaning to shine;
a flambeau, lamp or flame
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (fire-) brand, (burning) lamp, lightning, torch.
Letters
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 › to speak, the word › the hand that works › the doorway, the way in
Authority, the one who leads that works to speak, the word of the hand that works of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לַפִּיד 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
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- lamp1 · 7%
- and the lightnings1 · 7%
- and lamps1 · 7%
- the lamps1 · 7%
- firebrands1 · 7%
- firebrand1 · 7%
- the brands1 · 7%
- is as a lamp1 · 7%
- burning lamps1 · 7%
- thereof as a lamp1 · 7%
- of lamps1 · 7%
- as lamps1 · 7%
- like torches1 · 7%
- and like a torch1 · 7%
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.