פְּדוּת
pᵉdûwth · ped-ooth'
distinction; also deliverance
Lexicon
Derivation: or פְּדֻת; from H6929 (קֵדְמָה)lemma קדְמָה missing vowel, corrected to קֵדְמָה;
distinction; also deliverance
- distinction
- also, deliverance
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: division, redeem, redemption.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the doorway, the way in › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign
To speak, the word of the doorway, the way in that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פְּדוּת 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- redemption2 · 50%
- a division1 · 25%
- that it cannot redeem1 · 25%
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.