עֹצֶר
ʻôtser · o'-tser
closure; also constraint
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6113 (עָצָר);
closure; also constraint
- closure
- also, constraint
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] barren, oppression, [idiom] prison.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to pursue the straight path › the head, the highest
To see and know that works to pursue the straight path of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֹצֶר 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- through oppression1 · 33%
- and the barren1 · 33%
- from prison1 · 33%
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.