מִרְעִית
mirʻîyth · meer-eeth'
pasturage; concretely, a flock
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7462 (רָעָה) in the sense of feeding;
pasturage; concretely, a flock
- pasturage
- concretely, a flock
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: flock, pasture.
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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 › the head, the highest › to see and know › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest that works to see and know of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִרְעִית 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of thy pasture2 · 20%
- of his pasture2 · 20%
- of my pasture2 · 20%
- and their pastures1 · 10%
- and all their flocks1 · 10%
- their pasture1 · 10%
- according to their pasture1 · 10%
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.