פַּעַם
paʻam · pah'-am
a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
Lexicon
Derivation: or (feminine) פַּעֲמָה; from H6470 (פָּעַם);
a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: anvil, corner, foot(-step), going, (hundred-) fold, [idiom] now, (this) [phrase] once, order, rank, step, [phrase] thrice, (often-), second, this, two) time(-s), twice, wheel.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › to see and know › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To speak, the word that works to see and know of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פַּעַם 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
118 occurrences · 118 OT · 0 NT · 54 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- times36 · 42%
- now5 · 6%
- time5 · 6%
- as at other times4 · 5%
- twice4 · 5%
- once3 · 3%
- thrice3 · 3%
- corners3 · 3%
- at once2 · 2%
- but this once2 · 2%
- unto me at that time2 · 2%
- ranks2 · 2%
- at this time2 · 2%
- of my feet2 · 2%
- i pray thee, but this once1 · 1%
- the wheels1 · 1%
- not, as at other times1 · 1%
- only this once1 · 1%
- this time1 · 1%
- for i will at this time1 · 1%
- this second time1 · 1%
- it once1 · 1%
- now this time1 · 1%
- two times1 · 1%
- is now1 · 1%
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.