פִּתְרוֹן
pithrôwn · pith-rone'
interpretation (of a dream)
Lexicon
Derivation: or פִּתְרֹן; from H6622 (פָּתַר);
interpretation (of 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: interpretation.
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the mark, the covenant sign › the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
To speak, the word of the mark, the covenant sign of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פִּתְרוֹן 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- according to the interpretation2 · 40%
- unto them, do not interpretations1 · 20%
- unto him, this is the interpretation1 · 20%
- this is the interpretation1 · 20%
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.