מְדוֹר
mᵉdôwr · med-ore'
a dwelling
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) or מְדֹר; (Aramaic), or מְדָר; (Aramaic), from H1753 (דּוּר);
a dwelling
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dwelling.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the doorway, the way in › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the doorway, the way in that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְדוֹר 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and thy dwelling2 · 50%
- whose dwelling1 · 25%
- and his dwelling1 · 25%
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.