מוֹרָשָׁה
môwrâshâh · mo-raw-shaw'
a possession
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H4180 (מוֹרָשׁ);
a possession
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: heritage, inheritance, possession.
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
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest › to consume, to destroy › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest that works to consume, to destroy that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מוֹרָשָׁה 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- it you for an heritage1 · 11%
- even the inheritance1 · 11%
- in possession1 · 11%
- for a possession1 · 11%
- them in possession1 · 11%
- us for inheritance1 · 11%
- are ours in possession1 · 11%
- that ye might be a possession1 · 11%
- into their possession1 · 11%
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.