מְרִיא
mᵉrîyʼ · mer-ee'
stall-fed; often (as noun) a beeve
Lexicon
Derivation: from H4754 (מָרָא) in the sense of grossness, through the idea of domineering (compare H4756 (מָרֵא));
stall-fed; often (as noun) a beeve
- stall-fed
- often (as noun) a beeve
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fat (fed) beast (cattle, -ling).
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the head, the highest › the hand that works › strength, the leader
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest of the hand that works of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְרִיא 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and fat cattle3 · 38%
- and fatlings1 · 13%
- of fed beasts1 · 13%
- and the fatling1 · 13%
- all of them fatlings1 · 13%
- of your fat beasts1 · 13%
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.