פִּקּוּד
piqqûwd · pik-kood'
properly, appointed, i.e. a mandate (of God; plural only, collectively, for the Law)
Lexicon
Derivation: or פִּקֻּד; from H6485 (פָּקַד);
properly, appointed, i.e. a mandate (of God; plural only, collectively, for the Law)
- properly, appointed, i.e. a mandate (of God
- plural only, collectively, for the Law)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: commandment, precept, statute.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to fasten and establish › the doorway, the way in
To speak, the word of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to fasten and establish of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פִּקּוּד 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
24 occurrences · 24 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thy precepts13 · 54%
- in thy precepts2 · 8%
- the statutes1 · 4%
- his commandments1 · 4%
- all his commandments1 · 4%
- of thy precepts1 · 4%
- after thy precepts1 · 4%
- not thy precepts1 · 4%
- through thy precepts1 · 4%
- not from thy precepts1 · 4%
- therefore i esteem all thy precepts1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
- Psalms24
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.