עֵז
ʻêz · aze
{a she-goat (as strong), but masculine in plural (which also is used elliptically for goat's hair)}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H5795 (עֵז)
{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: goat.
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
1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- goats1 · 100%
Where it is used, by book.
- Ezra1
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.