מָנוֹחַ
Mânôwach · maw-no'-akh
Manoach, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: the same as H4494 (מָנוֹחַ); rest;
Manoach, 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: Manoah.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the seed, life continuing › to fasten and establish › to separate and protect
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the seed, life continuing that works to fasten and establish that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָנוֹחַ 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
18 occurrences · 18 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and manoah7 · 39%
- then manoah2 · 11%
- of manoah2 · 11%
- unto manoah2 · 11%
- was manoah1 · 6%
- but manoah1 · 6%
- for manoah1 · 6%
- so manoah1 · 6%
- to manoah1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
- Judges18
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.