קָשַׁשׁ
qâshash · kaw-shash'
to forage for straw, stubble or wood; figuratively, to assemble
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; to become sapless through drought; used only as denominative from H7179 (קַשׁ);
to forage for straw, stubble or wood; figuratively, to assemble
- to forage for straw, stubble or wood
- figuratively, to assemble
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: gather (selves) (together).
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
- 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 › to consume, to destroy › to consume, to destroy
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to consume, to destroy that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָשַׁשׁ 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 · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and gather1 · 13%
- to gather1 · 13%
- that gathered1 · 13%
- him gathering1 · 13%
- was there gathering1 · 13%
- and, behold, i am gathering1 · 13%
- gather yourselves together1 · 13%
- yea, gather together1 · 13%
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.