פֶּקַע
peqaʻ · peh'-kah
a semi-globe
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to burst; only used as an architectural term of an ornament similar to H6498 (פַּקֻּעָה),
a semi-globe
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: knop.
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
- 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 › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to see and know
To speak, the word of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פֶּקַע 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- with knops1 · 33%
- there were knops1 · 33%
- the knops1 · 33%
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.