מִשְׁלוֹחַ
mishlôwach · mish-lo'-akh
a sending out, i.e. (abstractly) presentation (favorable), or seizure (unfavorable); also (concretely) a place of dismissal, or a business to be discharged
Lexicon
Derivation: or מִשְׁלֹחַ; also מִשְׁלָח; from H7971 (שָׁלַח);
a sending out, i.e. (abstractly) presentation (favorable), or seizure (unfavorable); also (concretely) a place of dismissal, or a business to be discharged
- a sending out, i.e. (abstractly) presentation (favorable), or seizure (unfavorable)
- also, (concretely) a place of dismissal, or a business to be discharged
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: to lay, to put, sending (forth), to set.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to consume, to destroy › authority, the one who leads › to fasten and establish › to separate and protect
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to consume, to destroy of authority, the one who leads that works to fasten and establish that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִשְׁלוֹחַ 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 · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and of sending2 · 20%
- in all that ye put1 · 10%
- in all that thou puttest1 · 10%
- and in all that thou puttest1 · 10%
- thee in all that thou settest1 · 10%
- and in all that thou settest1 · 10%
- in all that thou settest1 · 10%
- but it shall be for the sending forth1 · 10%
- they shall lay1 · 10%
Where it is used, by book.
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.