מוֹפֵת
môwphêth · mo-faith'
a miracle; by implication, a token or omen
Lexicon
Derivation: or מֹפֵת; from H3302 (יָפָה) in the sense of conspicuousness;
a miracle; by implication, a token or omen
- a miracle
- by implication, a token or omen
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: miracle, sign, wonder(-ed at).
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)
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- 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 › to speak, the word › the mark, the covenant sign
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish that works to speak, the word of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מוֹפֵת 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
36 occurrences · 36 OT · 0 NT · 34 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and wonders4 · 13%
- and the wonders2 · 6%
- and with wonders2 · 6%
- his wonders2 · 6%
- all those wonders1 · 3%
- and my wonders1 · 3%
- a miracle1 · 3%
- unto you; that my wonders1 · 3%
- all these wonders1 · 3%
- and by wonders1 · 3%
- or a wonder1 · 3%
- or the wonder1 · 3%
- and for a wonder1 · 3%
- miracles1 · 3%
- a sign1 · 3%
- this is the sign1 · 3%
- according to the sign1 · 3%
- him a sign1 · 3%
- of the wonder1 · 3%
- i am as a wonder1 · 3%
- and his wonders1 · 3%
- among them, and wonders1 · 3%
- and for wonders1 · 3%
- and wonder1 · 3%
- thee for a sign1 · 3%
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.