עֶקְרוֹן
ʻEqrôwn · ek-rone'
Ekron, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6131 (עָקַר); eradication;
Ekron, a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Ekron.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
To see and know of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֶקְרוֹן 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
22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of ekron7 · 32%
- and ekron5 · 23%
- to ekron3 · 14%
- from ekron2 · 9%
- ekron1 · 5%
- thereof, and ekron1 · 5%
- for ekron1 · 5%
- and unto ekron1 · 5%
- against ekron1 · 5%
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.