מוֹרָד
môwrâd · mo-rawd'
a descent; as architecture, an ornamental appendage, perhaps a festoon
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3381 (יָרַד);
a descent; as architecture, an ornamental appendage, perhaps a festoon
- a descent
- as architecture, an ornamental appendage, perhaps a festoon
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: going down, steep place, thin work.
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)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest › the doorway, the way in
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מוֹרָד 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- them in the going down1 · 20%
- and were in the going down1 · 20%
- made of thin1 · 20%
- for in the going down1 · 20%
- down a steep place1 · 20%
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.