עוֹפֶרֶת
ʻôwphereth · o-feh'-reth
lead (from its dusty color)
Lexicon
Derivation: or עֹפֶרֶת; feminine participle active of H6080 (עָפַר);
lead (from its dusty color)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: lead.
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)
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- 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 › to fasten and establish › to speak, the word › the head, the highest › the mark, the covenant sign
To see and know that works to fasten and establish that works to speak, the word of the head, the highest of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עוֹפֶרֶת 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and lead4 · 44%
- of lead2 · 22%
- as lead1 · 11%
- and the lead1 · 11%
- the lead1 · 11%
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.