רָז
râz · rawz
to attenuate, i.e. (figuratively) hide; a mystery
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) from an unused root probably meaning
to attenuate, i.e. (figuratively) hide; a mystery
- to attenuate, i.e. (figuratively) hide
- a mystery
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: secret.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to cut, to sustain
The head, the highest that works to cut, to sustain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָז 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.
- secret4 · 44%
- secrets2 · 22%
- was the secret1 · 11%
- the secret1 · 11%
- of secrets1 · 11%
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.