פָּצַר
pâtsar · paw-tsar'
to peck at, i.e. (figuratively) stun or dull
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to peck at, i.e. (figuratively) stun or dull
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: press, urge, stubbornness.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › to pursue the straight path › the head, the highest
To speak, the word that works to pursue the straight path of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פָּצַר 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and he pressed1 · 14%
- with thee, than with them. and they pressed1 · 14%
- and he urged1 · 14%
- urged1 · 14%
- and stubbornness1 · 14%
- and when they urged1 · 14%
- none. and he urged1 · 14%
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.