עַזְמָוֶת
ʻAzmâveth · az-maw'-veth
Azmaveth, the name of three Israelites and of a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5794 (עַז) and H4194 (מָוֶת); strong one of death;
Azmaveth, the name of three Israelites and of a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Azmaveth. See also H1041 (בֵּית עַזְמָוֶת).
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
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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 cut, to sustain › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign
To see and know that works to cut, to sustain of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עַזְמָוֶת 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and azmaveth3 · 38%
- azmaveth2 · 25%
- of azmaveth2 · 25%
- was azmaveth1 · 13%
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.