קֶרֶשׁ
qeresh · keh'-resh
a slab or plank; by implication, a deck of aship
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to split off;
a slab or plank; by implication, a deck of aship
- a slab or plank
- by implication, a deck of aship
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bench, board.
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
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest › to consume, to destroy
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קֶרֶשׁ 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
51 occurrences · 51 OT · 0 NT · 21 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- boards15 · 29%
- board14 · 27%
- the boards6 · 12%
- for the boards6 · 12%
- of a board3 · 6%
- for all the boards2 · 4%
- of the boards1 · 2%
- and his boards1 · 2%
- his boards1 · 2%
- shall be the boards1 · 2%
- thy benches1 · 2%
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.