מוֹשָׁב
môwshâb · mo-shawb'
a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, population
Lexicon
Derivation: or מֹשָׁב; from H3427 (יָשַׁב);
a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, population
- a seat
- figuratively, a site
- abstractly, a session
- by extension, an abode (the place or the time)
- by implication, population
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: assembly, dwell in, dwelling(-place), wherein (that) dwelt (in), inhabited place, seat, sitting, situation, sojourning.
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
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › to consume, to destroy › the house, what is within
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish that works to consume, to destroy of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מוֹשָׁב 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
44 occurrences · 44 OT · 0 NT · 39 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in all your dwellings5 · 16%
- of your habitations2 · 6%
- and the sitting2 · 6%
- in the seat2 · 6%
- and their dwelling1 · 3%
- unto him, behold, thy dwelling1 · 3%
- according to their habitations1 · 3%
- in their dwellings1 · 3%
- in all your habitations1 · 3%
- now the sojourning1 · 3%
- throughout your habitations1 · 3%
- throughout all your dwellings1 · 3%
- in any of your dwellings1 · 3%
- shall his habitation1 · 3%
- a dwelling1 · 3%
- is thy dwellingplace1 · 3%
- wherein they dwelt1 · 3%
- because thy seat1 · 3%
- upon his seat1 · 3%
- even upon a seat1 · 3%
- and all that dwelt1 · 3%
- behold, i pray thee, the situation1 · 3%
- these were their habitations1 · 3%
- now these are their dwelling places1 · 3%
- and habitations1 · 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.