נְבוּזַרְאֲדָן
Nᵉbûwzarʼădân · neb-oo-zar-ad-awn'
Nebuzaradan, a Babylonian general
Lexicon
Derivation: of foreign origin;
Nebuzaradan, a Babylonian general
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Nebuzaradan.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- 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
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › the house, what is within › to fasten and establish › to cut, to sustain › the head, the highest › strength, the leader › the doorway, the way in › the seed, life continuing
The seed, life continuing of the house, what is within that works to fasten and establish that works to cut, to sustain of the head, the highest of strength, the leader of the doorway, the way in of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נְבוּזַרְאֲדָן 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
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- nebuzaradan4 · 27%
- then nebuzaradan2 · 13%
- but nebuzaradan2 · 13%
- so nebuzaradan2 · 13%
- that nebuzaradan2 · 13%
- did nebuzaradan1 · 7%
- and nebuzaradan1 · 7%
- whom nebuzaradan1 · 7%
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.