מָנוֹס
mânôwç · maw-noce'
a retreat (literally or figuratively); abstractly, a fleeing
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5127 (נוּס);
a retreat (literally or figuratively); abstractly, a fleeing
- a retreat (literally or figuratively)
- abstractly, a fleeing
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] apace, escape, way to flee, flight, refuge.
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)
- 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 seed, life continuing › to fasten and establish › to support and uphold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the seed, life continuing that works to fasten and establish that works to support and uphold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָנוֹס 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and my refuge2 · 25%
- and they shall not escape1 · 13%
- and refuge1 · 13%
- me: refuge1 · 13%
- shall have no way1 · 13%
- apace1 · 13%
- therefore the flight1 · 13%
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.