קִפּוֹז
qippôwz · kip-poze'
spring forward; an arrow-snake (as darting on its prey)
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to contract, i.e.
spring forward; an arrow-snake (as darting on its prey)
- spring forward
- an arrow-snake (as darting on its prey)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: great owl.
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)
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › to speak, the word › to fasten and establish › to cut, to sustain
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to speak, the word that works to fasten and establish that works to cut, to sustain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קִפּוֹז 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
1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- there shall the great owl1 · 100%
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.