נֹקֵד
nôqêd · no-kade'
a spotter (of sheep or cattle), i.e. the owner or tender (who thus marks them)
Lexicon
Derivation: active participle from the same as H5348 (נָקֹד);
a spotter (of sheep or cattle), i.e. the owner or tender (who thus marks them)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: herdman, sheepmaster.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the doorway, the way in
The seed, life continuing of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נֹקֵד 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.
- was a sheepmaster1 · 50%
- who was among the herdmen1 · 50%
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.