מוֹלֶדֶת
môwledeth · mo-leh'-deth
nativity (plural birth-place); by implication, lineage, native country; also offspring, family
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3205 (יָלַד);
nativity (plural birth-place); by implication, lineage, native country; also offspring, family
- nativity (plural birth-place)
- by implication, lineage, native country
- also, offspring, family
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: begotten, born, issue, kindred, native(-ity).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › authority, the one who leads › the doorway, the way in › the mark, the covenant sign
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads of the doorway, the way in of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מוֹלֶדֶת 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
22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and to my kindred2 · 9%
- of my kindred2 · 9%
- and to thy kindred2 · 9%
- of his nativity1 · 5%
- and from thy kindred1 · 5%
- of thy kindred1 · 5%
- of our state, and of our kindred1 · 5%
- and thy issue1 · 5%
- whether she be born1 · 5%
- or born1 · 5%
- begotten1 · 5%
- of thy nativity1 · 5%
- nor her kindred1 · 5%
- her kindred1 · 5%
- his native1 · 5%
- of our nativity1 · 5%
- and thy nativity1 · 5%
- and as for thy nativity1 · 5%
- of their nativity1 · 5%
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.