סִיג
çîyg · seeg
scoria
Lexicon
Derivation: or סוּג; (Ezekiel 22:18), from H5472 (סוּג) in the sense of refuse;
scoria
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dross.
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › the hand that works › to carry, to lift up
To support and uphold of the hand that works that works to carry, to lift up.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סִיג 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- like dross1 · 13%
- the dross1 · 13%
- dross1 · 13%
- is become dross1 · 13%
- thy dross1 · 13%
- is to me become dross1 · 13%
- they are even the dross1 · 13%
- because ye are all become dross1 · 13%
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.