סֻכּוֹת
Çukkôwth · sook-kohth'
Succoth, the name of a place in Egypt and of three in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: or סֻכֹּת; plural of H5521 (סֻכָּה); booths;
Succoth, the name of a place in Egypt and of three in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Succoth.
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › the open hand that covers › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign
To support and uphold of the open hand that covers that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סֻכּוֹת 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
18 occurrences · 18 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of succoth9 · 50%
- to succoth2 · 11%
- from succoth2 · 11%
- between succoth2 · 11%
- succoth1 · 6%
- in succoth1 · 6%
- and succoth1 · 6%
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.