H6249

עַשְׁתֵּי

ʻashtêy · ash-tay'

eleven or (ordinal) eleventh

Lexicon

Derivation: apparently masculine plural construction of H6247 (עֶשֶׁת) in the sense of an afterthought (used only in connection with H6240 (עָשָׂר) in lieu of H259 (אֶחָד))

eleven or (ordinal) eleventh

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

KJV renderings: [phrase] eleven(-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
תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
Concrete
mark · sign · cross · signature
Extended
a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
Concrete
hand · arm · work
Extended
a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

to see and know › to consume, to destroy › the mark, the covenant sign › the hand that works

To see and know that works to consume, to destroy of the mark, the covenant sign of the hand that works.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עַשְׁתֵּי 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

19 occurrences · 19 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms

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

eleven4 · 21%
the eleventh4 · 21%
unto the eleventh2 · 11%
of the eleventh2 · 11%
and the eleven1 · 5%
the eleven1 · 5%
on the eleventh1 · 5%
in the eleventh1 · 5%
captain for the eleventh1 · 5%
and in the eleventh1 · 5%
and it came to pass in the eleventh1 · 5%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

עַשְׁתֵּ֣י6עַשְׁתֵּֽי־3בְּעַשְׁתֵּֽי־3עַשְׁתֵּי־2לְעַשְׁתֵּ֥י2לְעַשְׁתֵּ֣י־1עַשְׁתֵּ֥י1לְעַשְׁתֵּֽי־1

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