צְפַרְדֵּעַ
tsᵉphardêaʻ · tsef-ar-day'-ah
a marsh-leaper, i.e. frog
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6852 (צָפַר) and a word elsewhere unused meaning a swamp;
a marsh-leaper, i.e. frog
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: frog.
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
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › to speak, the word › the head, the highest › the doorway, the way in › to see and know
To pursue the straight path that works to speak, the word of the head, the highest of the doorway, the way in that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צְפַרְדֵּעַ 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
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the frogs4 · 31%
- frogs3 · 23%
- the frogs3 · 23%
- with frogs1 · 8%
- and cause frogs1 · 8%
- them; and frogs1 · 8%
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.