עֵז
ʻêz · aze
a she-goat (as strong), but masculine in plural (which also is used elliptically for goat's hair)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5810 (עָזַז);
a she-goat (as strong), but masculine in plural (which also is used elliptically for goat's hair)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (she) goat, kid.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to cut, to sustain
To see and know that works to cut, to sustain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֵז 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
74 occurrences · 74 OT · 0 NT · 31 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the goats32 · 46%
- of goats7 · 10%
- and goats3 · 4%
- goats3 · 4%
- a kid3 · 4%
- among the goats2 · 3%
- or of the goats2 · 3%
- and a she goat1 · 1%
- and all the she goats1 · 1%
- and thy she goats1 · 1%
- she goats1 · 1%
- thee a kid1 · 1%
- the kid1 · 1%
- or from the goats1 · 1%
- be a goat1 · 1%
- or of goat1 · 1%
- or goat1 · 1%
- or a goat1 · 1%
- or a kid1 · 1%
- a she goat1 · 1%
- of a goat1 · 1%
- and the goat1 · 1%
- with a kid1 · 1%
- kid1 · 1%
- of kids1 · 1%
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.