קָרַחַת
qârachath · kaw-rakh'-ath
a bald spot (on the back of the head); figuratively, a threadbare spot (on the back side of the cloth)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7139 (קָרַח);
a bald spot (on the back of the head); figuratively, a threadbare spot (on the back side of the cloth)
- a bald spot (on the back of the head)
- figuratively, a threadbare spot (on the back side of the cloth)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bald head, bare within.
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
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest › to separate and protect › the mark, the covenant sign
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest that works to separate and protect of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָרַחַת 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and if there be in the bald head1 · 25%
- up in his bald head1 · 25%
- in his bald head1 · 25%
- inward, whether it be bare within1 · 25%
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.