עָר
ʻâr · awr
a foe (as watchful for mischief)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5782 (עוּר);
a foe (as watchful for mischief)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: enemy.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- 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 › the head, the highest
To see and know of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָר 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- from thee, and is become thine enemy1 · 17%
- cities1 · 17%
- and thine enemies1 · 17%
- with cities1 · 17%
- the cities1 · 17%
- thy cities1 · 17%
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.