קְעָרָה
qᵉʻârâh · keh-aw-raw'
a bowl (as cut out hollow)
Lexicon
Derivation: probably from H7167 (קָרַע);
a bowl (as cut out hollow)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: charger, dish.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- 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 head, the highest › to reveal, behold
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to see and know of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קְעָרָה 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
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- charger13 · 76%
- the dishes1 · 6%
- his dishes1 · 6%
- thereon the dishes1 · 6%
- chargers1 · 6%
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.