פֶּצַע
petsaʻ · peh'-tsah
a wound
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6481 (פָּצַע);
a wound
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: wound(-ing).
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › to pursue the straight path › to see and know
To speak, the word that works to pursue the straight path that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פֶּצַע 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to my wounding1 · 13%
- wound1 · 13%
- for wound1 · 13%
- my wounds1 · 13%
- of a wound1 · 13%
- who hath wounds1 · 13%
- are the wounds1 · 13%
- in it; but wounds1 · 13%
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.