עֲזָרָה
ʻăzârâh · az-aw-raw'
an inclosure; also a border
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5826 (עָזַר) in its original meaning of surrounding;
an inclosure; also a border
- an inclosure
- also, a border
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: court, settle.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to cut, to sustain › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
To see and know that works to cut, to sustain of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֲזָרָה 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 · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- settle3 · 33%
- of the settle2 · 22%
- court1 · 11%
- for the court1 · 11%
- of the court1 · 11%
- and the settle1 · 11%
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.