מַרְאָה
marʼâh · mar-aw'
a vision; also (causatively) a mirror
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H4758 (מַרְאֶה);
a vision; also (causatively) a mirror
- a vision
- also, (causatively) a mirror
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: looking glass, vision.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- 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 head, the highest › strength, the leader › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest of strength, the leader that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַרְאָה 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 · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in the visions2 · 17%
- the vision2 · 17%
- of the lookingglasses1 · 8%
- unto him in a vision1 · 8%
- visions1 · 8%
- me in the visions1 · 8%
- and the visions1 · 8%
- not the vision1 · 8%
- vision1 · 8%
- by the vision1 · 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.