קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת
qasqeseth · kas-keh'-seth
a scale (of a fish); hence a coat of mail (as composed of or covered with jointed plates of metal)
Lexicon
Derivation: by reduplication from an unused root meaning to shale off as bark;
a scale (of a fish); hence a coat of mail (as composed of or covered with jointed plates of metal)
- a scale (of a fish)
- hence, a coat of mail (as composed of or covered with jointed plates of metal)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: mail, scale.
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
- 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
- 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 › to consume, to destroy › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to consume, to destroy › the mark, the covenant sign
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to consume, to destroy of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to consume, to destroy of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת 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 · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and scales4 · 50%
- unto thy scales2 · 25%
- nor scales1 · 13%
- of mail1 · 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.