מוּשׁ
mûwsh · moosh
to withdraw (both literally and figuratively, whether intransitive or transitive)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (perhaps rather the same as H4184 (מוּשׁ) through the idea of receding by contact);
to withdraw (both literally and figuratively, whether intransitive or transitive)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cease, depart, go back, remove, take away.
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)
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › to consume, to destroy
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מוּשׁ 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
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall not depart5 · 24%
- depart3 · 14%
- departed2 · 10%
- he took not away1 · 5%
- neither have i gone back1 · 5%
- be removed1 · 5%
- shall he not remove1 · 5%
- shall depart1 · 5%
- neither shall cease1 · 5%
- from which ye shall not remove1 · 5%
- how hath he removed1 · 5%
- departeth1 · 5%
- and i will remove1 · 5%
- shall remove1 · 5%
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.