נַעַל
naʻal · nah'-al
properly, a sandal tongue; by extension a sandal or slipper (sometimes as a symbol of occupancy, a refusal to marry, or of something valueless)
Lexicon
Derivation: or (feminine) נַעֲלָה; from H5274 (נָעַל);
properly, a sandal tongue; by extension a sandal or slipper (sometimes as a symbol of occupancy, a refusal to marry, or of something valueless)
- properly, a sandal tongue
- by extension, a sandal or slipper (sometimes as a symbol of occupancy, a refusal to marry, or of something valueless)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dryshod, (pair of) shoe((-latchet), -s).
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to see and know › authority, the one who leads
The seed, life continuing that works to see and know of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נַעַל 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
22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 21 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- his shoe3 · 14%
- thy shoes2 · 9%
- thy shoe2 · 9%
- my shoe2 · 9%
- for a pair of shoes2 · 9%
- even to a shoelatchet1 · 5%
- your shoes1 · 5%
- of him that hath his shoe1 · 5%
- upon you, and thy shoe1 · 5%
- shoes1 · 5%
- and our shoes1 · 5%
- and in his shoes1 · 5%
- with shoes1 · 5%
- of their shoes1 · 5%
- dryshod1 · 5%
- and your shoes1 · 5%
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.