עׇתְנִיאֵל
ʻOthnîyʼêl · oth-nee-ale'
Othniel, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: from the same as H6273 (עׇתְנִי) and H410 (אֵל); force of God;
Othniel, an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Othniel.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the mark, the covenant sign › the seed, life continuing › the hand that works › strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads
To see and know of the mark, the covenant sign of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works of strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עׇתְנִיאֵל 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and othniel3 · 43%
- of othniel2 · 29%
- them, even othniel1 · 14%
- othniel1 · 14%
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.