לֶקֶשׁ
leqesh · leh'-kesh
the after crop
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3953 (לָקַשׁ);
the after crop
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: latter growth.
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
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
authority, the one who leads › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to consume, to destroy
Authority, the one who leads of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לֶקֶשׁ 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the latter growth1 · 50%
- and, lo, it was the latter growth1 · 50%
Where it is used, by book.
- Amos2
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.