עֲשַׂר
ʻăsar · as-ar'
ten
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) masculine עֲשְׂרָה (Aramaic); corresponding to H6235 (עֶשֶׂר);
ten
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ten, [phrase] twelve.
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
- 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 › the head, the highest
To see and know that works to consume, to destroy of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֲשַׂר 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.
- twelve1 · 17%
- of twelve1 · 17%
- it; and it had ten1 · 17%
- the ten1 · 17%
- and the ten1 · 17%
- are ten1 · 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.