עוֹלֵל
ʻôwlêl · o-lale'
a suckling
Lexicon
Derivation: or עֹלָל; from H5763 (עוּל);
a suckling
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: babe, (young) child, infant, little one.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- 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 see and know › to fasten and establish › authority, the one who leads › authority, the one who leads
To see and know that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עוֹלֵל 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
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- their children2 · 10%
- the children2 · 10%
- infant1 · 5%
- children1 · 5%
- i had not been; as infants1 · 5%
- of babes1 · 5%
- of their substance to their babes1 · 5%
- thy little ones1 · 5%
- upon the children1 · 5%
- child1 · 5%
- her children1 · 5%
- because the children1 · 5%
- of thy young children1 · 5%
- and children1 · 5%
- the young children1 · 5%
- their infants1 · 5%
- from their children1 · 5%
- her young children1 · 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.