צִקְלַג
Tsiqlag · tsik-lag'
Tsiklag or Tsikelag, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: or צִיקלַג; (1 Chronicles 12:1,20), of uncertain derivation;
Tsiklag or Tsikelag, a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Ziklag.
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
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › what comes behind, the returning cycle › authority, the one who leads › to carry, to lift up
To pursue the straight path of what comes behind, the returning cycle of authority, the one who leads that works to carry, to lift up.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צִקְלַג 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
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to ziklag4 · 27%
- and ziklag3 · 20%
- ziklag2 · 13%
- and at ziklag2 · 13%
- him ziklag1 · 7%
- wherefore ziklag1 · 7%
- in ziklag1 · 7%
- him in ziklag1 · 7%
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.