קֵן
qên · kane
a nest (as fixed), sometimes including the nestlings; figuratively, a chamber or dwelling
Lexicon
Derivation: contracted from H7077 (קָנַן);
a nest (as fixed), sometimes including the nestlings; figuratively, a chamber or dwelling
- a nest (as fixed), sometimes including the nestlings
- figuratively, a chamber or dwelling
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: nest, room.
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
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the seed, life continuing
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קֵן 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
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thy nest2 · 15%
- her nest2 · 15%
- rooms1 · 8%
- nest1 · 8%
- in my nest1 · 8%
- a nest1 · 8%
- from her nest1 · 8%
- as a nest1 · 8%
- of the nest1 · 8%
- though thou shouldest make thy nest1 · 8%
- his nest1 · 8%
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.