אֵפוֹ
ʼêphôw · ay-fo'
strictly a demonstrative particle, here; but used of time, now or then
Lexicon
Derivation: or אֵפוֹא; from H6311 (פֹּה);
strictly a demonstrative particle, here; but used of time, now or then
- strictly a demonstrative particle, here
- but used of time, now or then
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: here, now, where?
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to speak, the word › to fasten and establish
Strength, the leader that works to speak, the word that works to fasten and establish.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֵפוֹ 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
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- now3 · 20%
- who? where1 · 7%
- unto them, if it must be so now1 · 7%
- here1 · 7%
- unto him, where is now1 · 7%
- thereof; if not, where1 · 7%
- and where is now1 · 7%
- were now1 · 7%
- and if it be not so now1 · 7%
- this now1 · 7%
- are they? where1 · 7%
- what aileth thee now1 · 7%
- where1 · 7%
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.