עָשׂוֹר
ʻâsôwr · aw-sore'
ten; by abbreviated form ten strings, and so a decachord
Lexicon
Derivation: or עָשֹׂר; from H6235 (עֶשֶׂר);
ten; by abbreviated form ten strings, and so a decachord
- ten
- by abbreviated form ten strings, and so a decachord
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (instrument of) ten (strings, -th).
Letters
- 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)
- 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 › to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
To see and know that works to consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָשׂוֹר 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
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in the tenth6 · 38%
- on the tenth4 · 25%
- and an instrument of ten strings2 · 13%
- ten1 · 6%
- and ye shall have on the tenth1 · 6%
- upon an instrument of ten strings1 · 6%
- month, the tenth1 · 6%
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.