קָשַׁב
qâshab · kaw-shab'
to prick up the ears, i.e. hearken
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to prick up the ears, i.e. hearken
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: attend, (cause to) hear(-ken), give heed, incline, mark (well), regard.
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
- 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
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › to consume, to destroy › the house, what is within
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to consume, to destroy of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָשַׁב 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
46 occurrences · 46 OT · 0 NT · 40 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- hearken9 · 21%
- attend6 · 14%
- and hearken3 · 7%
- and attend3 · 7%
- and to hearken1 · 2%
- but they would not hearken1 · 2%
- nor hearkened1 · 2%
- mark well1 · 2%
- to hear1 · 2%
- me; he hath attended1 · 2%
- and no man regarded1 · 2%
- so that thou incline1 · 2%
- giveth heed1 · 2%
- cause it to be heard1 · 2%
- and he hearkened1 · 2%
- shall hearken1 · 2%
- to this? who will hearken1 · 2%
- thou hadst hearkened1 · 2%
- unto me; and hearken1 · 2%
- over you, saying, hearken1 · 2%
- we will not hearken1 · 2%
- because they have not hearkened1 · 2%
- i hearkened1 · 2%
- and let us not give heed1 · 2%
- give heed1 · 2%
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.