מוּסָר
mûwçâr · moo-sawr'
properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3256 (יָסַר);
properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
- properly, chastisement
- figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction
- also, restraint
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bond, chastening(-eth), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.
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)
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- 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 › to fasten and establish › to support and uphold › the head, the highest
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish that works to support and uphold of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מוּסָר 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
50 occurrences · 50 OT · 0 NT · 24 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- instruction15 · 31%
- the instruction4 · 8%
- and instruction3 · 6%
- correction3 · 6%
- the chastisement2 · 4%
- of instruction2 · 4%
- not correction2 · 4%
- not thou the chastening1 · 2%
- the bond1 · 2%
- the check1 · 2%
- to discipline1 · 2%
- not the chastening1 · 2%
- without instruction1 · 2%
- to the correction1 · 2%
- my instruction1 · 2%
- him chasteneth1 · 2%
- is the instruction1 · 2%
- it: but the instruction1 · 2%
- of correction1 · 2%
- unto instruction1 · 2%
- when thy chastening1 · 2%
- no correction1 · 2%
- is a doctrine1 · 2%
- with the chastisement1 · 2%
- an instruction1 · 2%
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.