מַמְרֵא
Mamrêʼ · mam-ray'
Mamre, an Amorite
Lexicon
Derivation: from H4754 (מָרָא)(in the sense of vigor); lusty;
Mamre, an Amorite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Mamre.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the head, the highest › strength, the leader
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַמְרֵא 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- mamre5 · 50%
- of mamre3 · 30%
- and mamre1 · 10%
- unto mamre1 · 10%
Where it is used, by book.
- Genesis10
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.