סַנְבַלַּט
Çanballaṭ · san-bal-lat'
Sanballat, a Persian satrap of Samaria
Lexicon
Derivation: of foreign origin;
Sanballat, a Persian satrap of Samaria
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Sanballat.
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- 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
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › the seed, life continuing › the house, what is within › authority, the one who leads › to surround and contain
To support and uphold of the seed, life continuing of the house, what is within of authority, the one who leads that works to surround and contain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סַנְבַלַּט 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- but it came to pass, that when sanballat2 · 20%
- and sanballat2 · 20%
- when sanballat1 · 10%
- but when sanballat1 · 10%
- now it came to pass, when sanballat1 · 10%
- that sanballat1 · 10%
- sanballat1 · 10%
- to sanballat1 · 10%
Where it is used, by book.
- Nehemiah10
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.