קׇרְחִי
Qorchîy · kor-khee'
a Korchite (collectively) or descendants of Korach
Lexicon
Derivation: patronymic from H7141 (קֹרַח);
a Korchite (collectively) or descendants of Korach
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Korahite, Korathite, sons of Kore, Korhite.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest › to separate and protect › the hand that works
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest that works to separate and protect of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קׇרְחִי 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the korhites3 · 38%
- of the korathites1 · 13%
- the korahites1 · 13%
- the korahite1 · 13%
- the korhites1 · 13%
- of kore1 · 13%
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.