מִשְׁמַעַת
mishmaʻath · mish-mah'-ath
audience, i.e. the royal court; also obedience, i.e. (concretely) a subject
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H4926 (מִשְׁמָע);
audience, i.e. the royal court; also obedience, i.e. (concretely) a subject
- audience, i.e. the royal court
- also, obedience, i.e. (concretely) a subject
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bidding, guard, obey.
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
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- 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 consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to see and know › the mark, the covenant sign
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to see and know of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִשְׁמַעַת 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- him over his guard2 · 50%
- at thy bidding1 · 25%
- shall obey1 · 25%
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.