אֵצֶל
ʼêtsel · ay'-tsel
a side; (as a preposition) near
Lexicon
Derivation: from H680 (אָצַל) (in the sense of joining);
a side; (as a preposition) near
- a side
- (as a preposition) near
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: at, (hard) by, (from) (beside), near (unto), toward, with. See also H1018 (בֵּית הָאֵצֶל).
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- 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
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to pursue the straight path › authority, the one who leads
Strength, the leader that works to pursue the straight path of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֵצֶל 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
61 occurrences · 61 OT · 0 NT · 27 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- by15 · 28%
- beside6 · 11%
- which is by3 · 6%
- by them3 · 6%
- by her2 · 4%
- with me2 · 4%
- it beside2 · 4%
- from him2 · 4%
- near2 · 4%
- at2 · 4%
- them beside1 · 2%
- near unto1 · 2%
- upon them when they were by1 · 2%
- it by1 · 2%
- out of a place toward1 · 2%
- and, behold, he is by1 · 2%
- from beside1 · 2%
- hard by1 · 2%
- unto1 · 2%
- to1 · 2%
- by him1 · 2%
- was by him1 · 2%
- was by me1 · 2%
- and beside1 · 2%
- then i was by him1 · 2%
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.