נַעֲצוּץ
naʻătsûwts · nah-ats-oots'
probably a brier; by implication, a thicket of thorny bushes
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to prick;
probably a brier; by implication, a thicket of thorny bushes
- probably a brier
- by implication, a thicket of thorny bushes
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: thorn.
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
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to see and know › to pursue the straight path › to fasten and establish › to pursue the straight path
The seed, life continuing that works to see and know that works to pursue the straight path that works to fasten and establish that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נַעֲצוּץ 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and upon all thorns1 · 50%
- instead of the thorn1 · 50%
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.