קְהָת
Qᵉhâth · keh-hawth'
Kehath, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to ally oneself; allied;
Kehath, an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Kohath.
Letters
- 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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- 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)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › to reveal, behold › the mark, the covenant sign
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to reveal, behold of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קְהָת 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
32 occurrences · 32 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of kohath24 · 75%
- kohath4 · 13%
- and kohath3 · 9%
- and of kohath1 · 3%
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.