סַל
çal · sal
properly, a willow twig (as pendulous), i.e. an osier; but only as woven into abasket
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5549 (סָלַל);
properly, a willow twig (as pendulous), i.e. an osier; but only as woven into abasket
- properly, a willow twig (as pendulous), i.e. an osier
- but only as woven into abasket
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: basket.
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- 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 › authority, the one who leads
To support and uphold of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סַל 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
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- baskets2 · 13%
- basket2 · 13%
- out of the basket2 · 13%
- that is in the basket2 · 13%
- and a basket2 · 13%
- them out of the basket1 · 7%
- them in the basket1 · 7%
- and out of the basket1 · 7%
- with the basket1 · 7%
- in a basket1 · 7%
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.