סֶרֶן
çeren · seh'-ren
an axle; figuratively, a peer
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root of uncertain meaning;
an axle; figuratively, a peer
- an axle
- figuratively, a peer
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: lord, plate.
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › the head, the highest › the seed, life continuing
To support and uphold of the head, the highest of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סֶרֶן 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 · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- lords4 · 18%
- and the lords3 · 14%
- then the lords3 · 14%
- all the lords2 · 9%
- for the lords1 · 5%
- and all the lords1 · 5%
- upon the lords1 · 5%
- of the lords1 · 5%
- was on you all, and on your lords1 · 5%
- the lords1 · 5%
- nevertheless the lords1 · 5%
- not the lords1 · 5%
- and plates1 · 5%
- them not: for the lords1 · 5%
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.