מַסָּע
maççâʻ · mas-saw'
a missile (spear or arrow); also a quarry (whence stones are, as it were, ejected)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5265 (נָסַע) in the sense of projecting;
a missile (spear or arrow); also a quarry (whence stones are, as it were, ejected)
- a missile (spear or arrow)
- also, a quarry (whence stones are, as it were, ejected)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: before it was brought, dart.
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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to support and uphold › to see and know
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to support and uphold that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַסָּע 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- before it was brought1 · 50%
- the dart1 · 50%
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.