מֵסַב
mêçab · may-sab'
a divan (as enclosing the room); abstractly (adverbial) around
Lexicon
Derivation: plural masculine מְסִבִּים; or feminine מְסִבּוֹת; from H5437 (סָבַב);
a divan (as enclosing the room); abstractly (adverbial) around
- a divan (as enclosing the room)
- abstractly, (adverbial) around
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: that compass about, (place) round about, at table.
Letters
- 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
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to support and uphold › the house, what is within
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to support and uphold of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מֵסַב 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- round about2 · 40%
- and in the places round about1 · 20%
- of those that compass me about1 · 20%
- sitteth at his table1 · 20%
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.