H6215

עֵשָׂו

ʻÊsâv · ay-sawv'

Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity

Lexicon

Derivation: apparently a form of the passive participle of H6213 (עָשָׂה) in the original sense of handling; rough (i.e. sensibly felt);

Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: Esau.

Letters

Ayin

Shin

Vav

עAyin70
Picture: an eye
Concrete
eye · spring of water
Extended
to see · to know · experience · to watch
שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
Concrete
teeth · sharp · press · bow
Extended
to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
Concrete
nail · peg · hook
Extended
to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

to see and know › to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish

To see and know that works to consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֵשָׂו 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

97 occurrences · 97 OT · 0 NT · 21 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

of esau24 · 25%
esau19 · 20%
and esau16 · 16%
esau's9 · 9%
unto esau5 · 5%
to esau4 · 4%
when esau2 · 2%
on esau's1 · 1%
thus esau1 · 1%
behold, esau1 · 1%
i am esau1 · 1%
that esau1 · 1%
and when esau1 · 1%
and esau's1 · 1%
if esau1 · 1%
for esau1 · 1%
and, behold, esau1 · 1%
so esau1 · 1%
of esau's1 · 1%
son of esau1 · 1%
that came of esau1 · 1%
he is esau1 · 1%
but i have made esau1 · 1%
how are the things of esau1 · 1%
us? was not esau1 · 1%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

עֵשָׂ֔ו16עֵשָׂ֖ו15עֵשָֽׂו׃9עֵשָׂ֑ו8עֵשָׂ֛ו7עֵשָׂו֙7עֵשָׂ֗ו6עֵשָׂ֣ו5עֵשָׂ֜ו4עֵשָׂ֥ו4עֵשָׂ֤ו3לְעֵשָׂ֗ו2

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.