פַּדָּן
Paddân · pad-dawn'
Paddan or Paddan-Aram, a region of Syria
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to extend; a plateau; or פַּדַּן אֲרָם; from the same and H758 (אֲרָם); the table-land of Aram;
Paddan or Paddan-Aram, a region of Syria
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Padan, Padan-aram.
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
- 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 speak, the word › the doorway, the way in › the seed, life continuing
To speak, the word of the doorway, the way in of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פַּדָּן 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to padanaram4 · 36%
- in padanaram2 · 18%
- of padanaram1 · 9%
- from padanaram1 · 9%
- out of padanaram1 · 9%
- to him in padanaram1 · 9%
- from padan1 · 9%
Where it is used, by book.
- Genesis11
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.