סַבָּל
çabbâl · sab-bawl'
a porter
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5445 (סָבַל);
a porter
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (to bear, bearer of) burden(-s).
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- 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)
to support and uphold › the house, what is within › authority, the one who leads
To support and uphold of the house, what is within of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סַבָּל 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- burdens1 · 20%
- to bear burdens1 · 20%
- of them to be bearers of burdens1 · 20%
- also they were over the bearers of burdens1 · 20%
- of the bearers of burdens1 · 20%
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.