צוּרִישַׁדַּי
Tsûwrîyshadday · tsoo-ree-shad-dah'-ee
Tsurishaddai, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6697 (צוּר) and H7706 (שַׁדַּי); rock of (the) Almighty;
Tsurishaddai, an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Zurishaddai.
Letters
- 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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest › the hand that works › to consume, to destroy › the doorway, the way in › the hand that works
To pursue the straight path that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest of the hand that works that works to consume, to destroy of the doorway, the way in of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צוּרִישַׁדַּי 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 · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of zurishaddai5 · 100%
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.