קַרְדֹּם
qardôm · kar-dome'
an axe
Lexicon
Derivation: perhaps from H6923 (קָדַם) in the sense of striking upon;
an axe
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ax.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest › the doorway, the way in › water, chaos, the mighty deep
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest of the doorway, the way in of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קַרְדֹּם 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- an axe1 · 20%
- and his axe1 · 20%
- and for the axes1 · 20%
- axes1 · 20%
- against her with axes1 · 20%
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.