מַבָּט
mabbâṭ · mab-bawt'
something expected, i.e. (abstractly) expectation
Lexicon
Derivation: or מֶבָּט; from H5027 (נָבַט);
something expected, i.e. (abstractly) expectation
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: expectation.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the house, what is within › to surround and contain
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the house, what is within that works to surround and contain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַבָּט 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- their expectation1 · 33%
- is our expectation1 · 33%
- for her expectation1 · 33%
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.