מִצְנֶפֶת
mitsnepheth · mits-neh'-feth
a tiara, i.e. official turban (of a king or high priest)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6801 (צָנַף);
a tiara, i.e. official turban (of a king or high priest)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: diadem, mitre.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to pursue the straight path › the seed, life continuing › to speak, the word › the mark, the covenant sign
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to pursue the straight path of the seed, life continuing that works to speak, the word of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִצְנֶפֶת 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
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the mitre3 · 25%
- upon the mitre2 · 17%
- a mitre1 · 8%
- that it may be upon the mitre1 · 8%
- of the mitre1 · 8%
- and a mitre1 · 8%
- also upon the mitre1 · 8%
- mitre1 · 8%
- the diadem1 · 8%
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.