סָקַל
çâqal · saw-kal'
properly, to be weighty; but used only in the sense of lapidation or its contrary (as if a delapidation)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to be weighty; but used only in the sense of lapidation or its contrary (as if a delapidation)
- properly, to be weighty
- but used only in the sense of lapidation or its contrary (as if a delapidation)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (cast, gather out, throw) stone(-s), [idiom] surely.
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- 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 › what comes behind, the returning cycle › authority, the one who leads
To support and uphold of what comes behind, the returning cycle of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סָקַל 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
22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall be stoned2 · 9%
- and will they not stone1 · 5%
- ready to stone1 · 5%
- it, but he shall surely1 · 5%
- be stoned1 · 5%
- shall be surely1 · 5%
- stoned1 · 5%
- and thou shalt stone1 · 5%
- and shalt stone1 · 5%
- shall stone1 · 5%
- and ye shall stone1 · 5%
- after they had stoned1 · 5%
- of stoning1 · 5%
- and he cast1 · 5%
- and threw1 · 5%
- and stone1 · 5%
- and stoned1 · 5%
- is stoned1 · 5%
- was stoned1 · 5%
- it, and gathered out the stones1 · 5%
- gather out1 · 5%
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.