רֶכֶשׁ
rekesh · reh'-kesh
a relay of animals on a post-route (as stored up for that purpose); by implication, a courser
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7408 (רָכַשׁ);
a relay of animals on a post-route (as stored up for that purpose); by implication, a courser
- a relay of animals on a post-route (as stored up for that purpose)
- by implication, a courser
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dromedary, mule, swift beast.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- 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)
the head, the highest › the open hand that covers › to consume, to destroy
The head, the highest of the open hand that covers that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רֶכֶשׁ 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and dromedaries1 · 25%
- on mules1 · 25%
- upon mules1 · 25%
- to the swift beast1 · 25%
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.