פָּסַל
pâçal · paw-sal'
to carve, whether wood or stone
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to carve, whether wood or stone
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: grave, hew.
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
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › to support and uphold › authority, the one who leads
To speak, the word that works to support and uphold of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פָּסַל 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- hew1 · 17%
- and he hewed1 · 17%
- unto me, hew1 · 17%
- and hewed1 · 17%
- did hew1 · 17%
- thereof hath graven1 · 17%
Where it is used, by book.
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.