מְכוֹנָה
mᵉkôwnâh · mek-o-naw'
a pedestal, also a spot
Lexicon
Derivation: or מְכֹנָה; feminine of H4349 (מָכוֹן);
a pedestal, also a spot
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: base.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- 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 › the open hand that covers › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the open hand that covers that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְכוֹנָה 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
24 occurrences · 24 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- bases5 · 22%
- base3 · 13%
- and the bases3 · 13%
- of the bases2 · 9%
- of the base2 · 9%
- were joined to the base1 · 4%
- were of the very base1 · 4%
- on the bases1 · 4%
- also bases1 · 4%
- he upon the bases1 · 4%
- upon his bases1 · 4%
- and concerning the bases1 · 4%
- that were under the bases1 · 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.