קִפּוֹד
qippôwd · kip-pode'
a species of bird, perhaps the bittern (from its contracted form)
Lexicon
Derivation: or קִפֹּדlemma קִכֹּד kaf, corrected to קִפֹּד; from H7088 (קָפַד);
a species of bird, perhaps the bittern (from its contracted form)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bittern.
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
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › to speak, the word › to fasten and establish › the doorway, the way in
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to speak, the word that works to fasten and establish of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קִפּוֹד 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the bittern2 · 67%
- for the bittern1 · 33%
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.