קְעִילָה
Qᵉʻîylâh · keh-ee-law'
Keilah, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: perhaps from H7049 (קָלַע) in the sense of enclosing; citadel;
Keilah, a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Keilah.
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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- 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 see and know › the hand that works › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to see and know of the hand that works of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קְעִילָה 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
18 occurrences · 18 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to keilah7 · 39%
- of keilah6 · 33%
- and keilah1 · 6%
- against keilah1 · 6%
- keilah1 · 6%
- out of keilah1 · 6%
- from keilah1 · 6%
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.