פָּזַז
pâzaz · paw-zaz'
to solidify (as if by refining); also to spring (as if separating the limbs)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (identical with H6338 (פָּזַז));
to solidify (as if by refining); also to spring (as if separating the limbs)
- to solidify (as if by refining)
- also, to spring (as if separating the limbs)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: leap, be made strong.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › to cut, to sustain › to cut, to sustain
To speak, the word that works to cut, to sustain that works to cut, to sustain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פָּזַז 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- were made strong1 · 50%
- leaping1 · 50%
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.