סָלַף
çâlaph · saw-laf'
properly, to wrench, i.e. (figuratively) to subvert
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to wrench, i.e. (figuratively) to subvert
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: overthrow, pervert.
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
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › authority, the one who leads › to speak, the word
To support and uphold of authority, the one who leads that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סָלַף 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and perverteth1 · 14%
- and pervert1 · 14%
- and overthroweth1 · 14%
- overthroweth1 · 14%
- perverteth1 · 14%
- but god overthroweth1 · 14%
- and he overthroweth1 · 14%
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.