אֶצְעָדָה
ʼetsʻâdâh · ets-aw-daw'
properly, a step-chain; by analogy, a bracelet
Lexicon
Derivation: a variation from H6807 (צְעָדָה);
properly, a step-chain; by analogy, a bracelet
- properly, a step-chain
- by analogy, a bracelet
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bracelet, chain.
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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to pursue the straight path › to see and know › the doorway, the way in › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader that works to pursue the straight path that works to see and know of the doorway, the way in that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֶצְעָדָה 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.
- chains1 · 50%
- and the bracelet1 · 50%
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.