קֶרֶס
qereç · keh'-res
a knob or belaying-pin (from its swelling form)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7164 (קָרַס);
a knob or belaying-pin (from its swelling form)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: tache.
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
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest › to support and uphold
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest that works to support and uphold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קֶרֶס 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- taches4 · 40%
- the taches2 · 20%
- his taches2 · 20%
- under the taches1 · 10%
- with the taches1 · 10%
Where it is used, by book.
- Exodus10
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.