H4363

מִכְמָס

Mikmâç · mik-maws'

Mikmas or Mikmash, a place in Palestine

Lexicon

Derivation: (Ezra 2:2 or מִכְמָשׁ; or מִכְמַשׁ; (Nehemiah 11:31), from H3647 (כָּמַס); hidden;

Mikmas or Mikmash, a place in Palestine

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: Mikmas, Mikmash.

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
מMem40
Picture: waves of water
Concrete
water · sea · blood · liquid
Extended
chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
Concrete
pillar · prop · thorn
Extended
to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

water, chaos, the mighty deep › the open hand that covers › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to support and uphold

Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the open hand that covers of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to support and uphold.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִכְמָס 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

11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

in michmash3 · 27%
at michmash2 · 18%
of michmas2 · 18%
of michmash1 · 9%
michmash1 · 9%
from michmash1 · 9%
dwelt at michmash1 · 9%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

מִכְמָ֔ס2בְּמִכְמָשׂ֙1בְמִכְמָֽשׂ׃1מִכְמָ֣שׂ1מִכְמָ֑שׂ1מִמִּכְמָ֖שׂ1מִכְמָֽשׂ׃ ס1לְמִכְמָ֖שׂ1מִכְמָֽשׂ׃1בְמִכְמָ֔שׂ1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.