מְנוֹרָה
mᵉnôwrâh · men-o-raw'
a chandelier
Lexicon
Derivation: or מְנֹרָה; feminine of H4500 (מָנוֹר) (in the original sense of H5216 (נִיר));
a chandelier
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: candlestick.
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)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the seed, life continuing › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the seed, life continuing that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְנוֹרָה 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
42 occurrences · 42 OT · 0 NT · 31 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the candlestick7 · 18%
- of the candlestick6 · 15%
- and the candlestick4 · 10%
- candlestick3 · 8%
- out of the candlestick2 · 5%
- and in the candlestick2 · 5%
- and the candlesticks2 · 5%
- a candlestick1 · 3%
- shall the candlestick1 · 3%
- he the candlestick1 · 3%
- in the candlestick1 · 3%
- and a candlestick1 · 3%
- for the candlesticks1 · 3%
- for every candlestick1 · 3%
- thereof: and for the candlesticks1 · 3%
- both for the candlestick1 · 3%
- of every candlestick1 · 3%
- candlesticks1 · 3%
- moreover the candlesticks1 · 3%
- and behold a candlestick1 · 3%
- side of the candlestick1 · 3%
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.