עָרִיץ
ʻârîyts · aw-reets'
fearful, i.e. powerful or tyrannical
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6206 (עָרַץ);
fearful, i.e. powerful or tyrannical
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: mighty, oppressor, in great power, strong, terrible, violent.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the head, the highest › the hand that works › to pursue the straight path
To see and know of the head, the highest of the hand that works that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָרִיץ 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
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the terrible4 · 20%
- of the terrible ones3 · 15%
- the terrible2 · 10%
- of the mighty1 · 5%
- to the oppressor1 · 5%
- of oppressors1 · 5%
- in great power1 · 5%
- against me, and oppressors1 · 5%
- of violent1 · 5%
- and strong1 · 5%
- for the terrible one1 · 5%
- terrible one1 · 5%
- upon thee, the terrible1 · 5%
- with him, the terrible1 · 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.