אֱנָשׁ
ʼĕnâsh · en-awsh'
a man
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) or אֱנַשׁ; (Aramaic), corresponding to H582 (אֱנוֹשׁ);
a man
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: man, [phrase] whosoever.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the seed, life continuing › to consume, to destroy
Strength, the leader of the seed, life continuing that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֱנָשׁ 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
25 occurrences · 25 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of men8 · 32%
- men3 · 12%
- man2 · 8%
- or man2 · 8%
- of man2 · 8%
- the men1 · 4%
- that whosoever1 · 4%
- a man1 · 4%
- man's1 · 4%
- of a man's1 · 4%
- whosoever1 · 4%
- as a man1 · 4%
- and a man's1 · 4%
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.