עִשָּׂרוֹן
ʻissârôwn · is-saw-rone'
(fractional) a tenth part
Lexicon
Derivation: or עִשָּׂרֹן; from H6235 (עֶשֶׂר);
(fractional) a tenth part
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: tenth deal.
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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 head, the highest › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
To see and know that works to consume, to destroy of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עִשָּׂרוֹן 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
33 occurrences · 33 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- tenth deals17 · 61%
- a several tenth deal3 · 11%
- tenth deal2 · 7%
- tenth2 · 7%
- and a several tenth deal2 · 7%
- a tenth1 · 4%
- of a tenth deal1 · 4%
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.