עָשַׁן
ʻâshan · aw-shan'
to smoke, whether literal or figurative
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to smoke, whether literal or figurative
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be angry (be on a) smoke.
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
- 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 › to consume, to destroy › the seed, life continuing
To see and know that works to consume, to destroy of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָשַׁן 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- was altogether on a smoke1 · 17%
- shall smoke1 · 17%
- smoke1 · 17%
- how long wilt thou be angry1 · 17%
- and they smoke1 · 17%
- and they shall smoke1 · 17%
Where it is used, by book.
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.