עֲבֹת
ʻăbôth · ab-oth'
something intwined, i.e. a string, wreath or foliage
Lexicon
Derivation: or עֲבוֹת; or (feminine) עֲבֹתָה; the same as H5687 (עָבֹת);
something intwined, i.e. a string, wreath or foliage
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: band, cord, rope, thick bough (branch), wreathen (chain).
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the house, what is within › the mark, the covenant sign
To see and know of the house, what is within of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֲבֹת 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
24 occurrences · 24 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of wreathen3 · 12%
- wreathen3 · 12%
- ropes2 · 8%
- bands2 · 8%
- among the thick boughs2 · 8%
- the wreathen1 · 4%
- wreathen chains1 · 4%
- chains1 · 4%
- cords1 · 4%
- upon him, and the cords1 · 4%
- with his band1 · 4%
- their cords1 · 4%
- with cords1 · 4%
- the cords1 · 4%
- rope1 · 4%
- among the thick branches1 · 4%
- was among the thick boughs1 · 4%
- with bands1 · 4%
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.