קֶצֶו
qetsev · keh'-tsev
a limit
Lexicon
Derivation: and (feminine) קִצְוָה; from H7096 (קָצָה); (used like H7097 (קָצֶה), but with less variety)
a limit
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: end, edge, uttermost participle
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
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › to pursue the straight path › to fasten and establish
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to pursue the straight path that works to fasten and establish.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קֶצֶו 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 · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- ends2 · 29%
- edges1 · 14%
- unto the ends1 · 14%
- of all the ends1 · 14%
- in the uttermost parts1 · 14%
- unto all the ends1 · 14%
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.