לָקַק
lâqaq · law-kak'
to lick or lap
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to lick or lap
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: lap, lick.
Letters
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
authority, the one who leads › what comes behind, the returning cycle › what comes behind, the returning cycle
Authority, the one who leads of what comes behind, the returning cycle of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לָקַק 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 · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- every one that lappeth1 · 14%
- lappeth1 · 14%
- of them that lapped1 · 14%
- that lapped1 · 14%
- licked1 · 14%
- lick1 · 14%
- licked up1 · 14%
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.