קֶשֶׁר
qesher · keh'-sher
an (unlawful) alliance
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7194 (קָשַׁר);
an (unlawful) alliance
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: confederacy, conspiracy, treason.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › to consume, to destroy › the head, the highest
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to consume, to destroy of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קֶשֶׁר 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
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- treason4 · 25%
- a conspiracy4 · 25%
- and the conspiracy1 · 6%
- and his treason1 · 6%
- and his conspiracy1 · 6%
- conspiracy1 · 6%
- ye not, a confederacy1 · 6%
- a confederacy1 · 6%
- unto me, a conspiracy1 · 6%
- there is a conspiracy1 · 6%
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.