קִישׁ
Qîysh · keesh
Kish, the name of five Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6983 (קוֹשׁ); a bow;
Kish, the name of five Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Kish.
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
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the hand that works › to consume, to destroy
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the hand that works that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קִישׁ 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
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of kish9 · 43%
- and kish7 · 33%
- kish3 · 14%
- was kish1 · 5%
- concerning kish1 · 5%
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.