פָּתַר
pâthar · paw-thar'
to open up, i.e. (figuratively) interpret (a dream)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to open up, i.e. (figuratively) interpret (a dream)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: interpret(-ation, -er).
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- 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 › the mark, the covenant sign › the head, the highest
To speak, the word of the mark, the covenant sign of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פָּתַר 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and there is no interpreter1 · 11%
- that the interpretation1 · 11%
- had interpreted1 · 11%
- but there was none that could interpret1 · 11%
- him, and he interpreted1 · 11%
- he did interpret1 · 11%
- and it came to pass, as he interpreted1 · 11%
- and there is none that can interpret1 · 11%
- to interpret1 · 11%
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.