קֹרַח
Qôrach · ko'rakh
Korach, the name of two Edomites and three Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7139 (קָרַח); ice;
Korach, the name of two Edomites and three Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Korah.
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
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest › to separate and protect
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קֹרַח 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
37 occurrences · 37 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of korah20 · 54%
- korah6 · 16%
- and korah4 · 11%
- unto korah3 · 8%
- now korah1 · 3%
- that appertained unto korah1 · 3%
- that he be not as korah1 · 3%
- together with korah1 · 3%
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.