קוֹמָה
qôwmâh · ko-maw'
height
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6965 (קוּם);
height
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] along, height, high, stature, tall.
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- 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)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › to fasten and establish › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to reveal, behold
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to fasten and establish of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קוֹמָה 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
45 occurrences · 45 OT · 0 NT · 31 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the height12 · 27%
- and the height9 · 20%
- high5 · 11%
- the tall2 · 4%
- stature2 · 4%
- shall be the height1 · 2%
- was the height1 · 2%
- of his stature1 · 2%
- along1 · 2%
- cubits, and the height1 · 2%
- in the height1 · 2%
- and his height1 · 2%
- this thy stature1 · 2%
- of stature1 · 2%
- was upon it; and the height1 · 2%
- of every stature1 · 2%
- and her stature1 · 2%
- therefore his height1 · 2%
- thyself in height1 · 2%
- themselves for their height1 · 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.