רָוָה
râvâh · raw-vaw'
to slake the thirst (occasionally of other appetites)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to slake the thirst (occasionally of other appetites)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bathe, make drunk, (take the) fill, satiate, (abundantly) satisfy, soak, water (abundantly).
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › to reveal, behold
The head, the highest that works to fasten and establish that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָוָה 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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- they shall be abundantly satisfied1 · 7%
- thou waterest1 · 7%
- thereof abundantly1 · 7%
- satisfy1 · 7%
- let us take our fill1 · 7%
- and he that watereth1 · 7%
- i will water1 · 7%
- shall be bathed1 · 7%
- shall be soaked1 · 7%
- neither hast thou filled1 · 7%
- not thither, but watereth1 · 7%
- and i will satiate1 · 7%
- for i have satiated1 · 7%
- and made drunk1 · 7%
- he hath made me drunken1 · 7%
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.