עֵט
ʻêṭ · ate
a stylus or marking stick
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5860 (עִיט) (contracted) in the sense of swooping, i.e. side-long stroke;
a stylus or marking stick
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: pen.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to surround and contain
To see and know that works to surround and contain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֵט 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- pen1 · 25%
- is the pen1 · 25%
- he it; the pen1 · 25%
- with a pen1 · 25%
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.