פִּסֵּחַ
piççêach · pis-say'-akh
lame
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6452 (פָּסַח);
lame
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: lame.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › to support and uphold › to separate and protect
To speak, the word that works to support and uphold that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פִּסֵּחַ 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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the lame5 · 36%
- the lame2 · 14%
- or a lame1 · 7%
- therein, as if it be lame1 · 7%
- and was lame1 · 7%
- is lame1 · 7%
- was i to the lame1 · 7%
- of the lame1 · 7%
- then shall the lame1 · 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.