נֵר
Nêr · nare
Ner, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: the same as H5216 (נִיר); lamp;
Ner, an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Ner.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › the head, the highest
The seed, life continuing of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נֵר 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
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of ner12 · 75%
- and ner4 · 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.