סָרַף
çâraph · saw-raf'
to cremate, i.e. to be (near) of kin (such being privileged to kindle the pyre)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to cremate, i.e. to be (near) of kin (such being privileged to kindle the pyre)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: burn.
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
- 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 › the head, the highest › to speak, the word
To support and uphold of the head, the highest that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סָרַף 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
1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and he that burneth1 · 100%
Where it is used, by book.
- Amos1
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.