עַפְעַף
ʻaphʻaph · af-af'
an eyelash (as fluttering); figuratively, morning ray
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5774 (עוּף);
an eyelash (as fluttering); figuratively, morning ray
- an eyelash (as fluttering)
- figuratively, morning ray
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dawning, eye-lid.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to speak, the word › to see and know › to speak, the word
To see and know that works to speak, the word that works to see and know that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עַפְעַף 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the dawning1 · 10%
- and on my eyelids1 · 10%
- are like the eyelids1 · 10%
- his eyelids1 · 10%
- to mine eyelids1 · 10%
- and let thine eyelids1 · 10%
- to thine eyelids1 · 10%
- thee with her eyelids1 · 10%
- and their eyelids1 · 10%
- and our eyelids1 · 10%
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.