אִכָּר
ʼikkâr · ik-kawr'
a farmer
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to dig;
a farmer
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: husbandman, ploughman.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the open hand that covers › the head, the highest
Strength, the leader of the open hand that covers of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אִכָּר 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.
- husbandmen2 · 29%
- the husbandman2 · 29%
- shall be your plowmen1 · 14%
- the plowmen1 · 14%
- o ye husbandmen1 · 14%
Where it is used, by book.
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.