אַבְנֵט
ʼabnêṭ · ab-nate'
a belt
Lexicon
Derivation: of uncertain derivation;
a belt
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: girdle.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the house, what is within › the seed, life continuing › to surround and contain
Strength, the leader of the house, what is within of the seed, life continuing that works to surround and contain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַבְנֵט 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and a girdle2 · 22%
- them with girdles2 · 22%
- the girdle1 · 11%
- for them girdles1 · 11%
- him with the girdle1 · 11%
- girdle1 · 11%
- him with thy girdle1 · 11%
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.