מָכִיר
Mâkîyr · maw-keer'
Makir, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: from H4376 (מָכַר); salesman;
Makir, an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Machir.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 open hand that covers › the hand that works › the head, the highest
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the open hand that covers of the hand that works of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָכִיר 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
22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of machir13 · 59%
- and machir3 · 14%
- unto machir2 · 9%
- also of machir1 · 5%
- to wit, for machir1 · 5%
- out of machir1 · 5%
- machir1 · 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.