עָקֹד
ʻâqôd · aw-kode'
striped (with bands)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6123 (עָקַד);
striped (with bands)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ring straked.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the doorway, the way in
To see and know of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָקֹד 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- ringstraked2 · 29%
- that were ringstraked1 · 14%
- the ringstraked1 · 14%
- thus, the ringstraked1 · 14%
- were ringstraked1 · 14%
- are ringstraked1 · 14%
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.