צְמִיתֻת
tsᵉmîythuth · tsem-ee-thooth'
excision, i.e. destruction; used only (adverbially) with prepositional prefix to extinction, i.e. perpetually
Lexicon
Derivation: or צְמִתֻת; from H6789 (צָמַת);
excision, i.e. destruction; used only (adverbially) with prepositional prefix to extinction, i.e. perpetually
- excision, i.e. destruction
- used only (adverbially) with prepositional prefix to extinction, i.e. perpetually
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ever.
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
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign › the mark, the covenant sign
To pursue the straight path of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צְמִיתֻת 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- for ever2 · 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.