קִיטוֹר
qîyṭôwr · kee-tore'
a fume, i.e. cloud
Lexicon
Derivation: or קִיטֹר; from H6999 (קָטַר);
a fume, i.e. cloud
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: smoke, vapour.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the hand that works › to surround and contain › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the hand that works that works to surround and contain that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קִיטוֹר 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and, lo, the smoke1 · 25%
- as the smoke1 · 25%
- in the smoke1 · 25%
- and vapour1 · 25%
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.