מוֹתָר
môwthâr · mo-thar'
literally gain; figuratively, superiority
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3498 (יָתַר);
literally gain; figuratively, superiority
- literally, gain
- figuratively, superiority
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: plenteousness, preeminence, profit.
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)
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign › the head, the highest
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מוֹתָר 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- there is profit1 · 33%
- tend only to plenteousness1 · 33%
- hath no preeminence1 · 33%
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.