מִישׁוֹר
mîyshôwr · mee-shore'
a level, i.e. a plain (often used (with the article prefix) as a proper name of certain districts); figuratively, concord; also straightness, i.e. (figuratively) justice (sometimes adverbially, justly)
Lexicon
Derivation: or מִישֹׁר; from H3474 (יָשַׁר);
a level, i.e. a plain (often used (with the article prefix) as a proper name of certain districts); figuratively, concord; also straightness, i.e. (figuratively) justice (sometimes adverbially, justly)
- a level, i.e. a plain (often used (with the article prefix) as a proper name of certain districts)
- figuratively, concord
- also, straightness, i.e. (figuratively) justice (sometimes adverbially, justly)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: equity, even place, plain, right(-eously), (made) straight, uprightness.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the hand that works › to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the hand that works that works to consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִישׁוֹר 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
23 occurrences · 23 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the plain3 · 13%
- and all the plain2 · 9%
- upon the plain2 · 9%
- in the plain1 · 4%
- that are in the plain1 · 4%
- against them in the plain1 · 4%
- them in the plain1 · 4%
- and in the plains1 · 4%
- in an even place1 · 4%
- me in a plain1 · 4%
- is a right1 · 4%
- righteously1 · 4%
- of uprightness1 · 4%
- with equity1 · 4%
- shall be made straight1 · 4%
- straight1 · 4%
- and the plain1 · 4%
- thou shalt become a plain1 · 4%
- and equity1 · 4%
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.