נֶתֶק
netheq · neh'-thek
scurf
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5423 (נָתַק);
scurf
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (dry) scall.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › the mark, the covenant sign › what comes behind, the returning cycle
The seed, life continuing of the mark, the covenant sign of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נֶתֶק 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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the scall2 · 14%
- and, behold, if the scall2 · 14%
- but if the scall2 · 14%
- it is a dry scall1 · 7%
- and the scall1 · 7%
- but the scall1 · 7%
- up him that hath the scall1 · 7%
- on the scall1 · 7%
- on him: and, behold, if the scall1 · 7%
- up therein; the scall1 · 7%
- and scall1 · 7%
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.