רְמַלְיָהוּ
Rᵉmalyâhûw · rem-al-yaw'-hoo
Remaljah, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root and H3050 (יָהּ) (perhaps meaning to deck); Jah has bedecked;
Remaljah, an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Remaliah.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › water, chaos, the mighty deep › authority, the one who leads › the hand that works › to reveal, behold › to fasten and establish
The head, the highest of water, chaos, the mighty deep of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold that works to fasten and establish.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רְמַלְיָהוּ 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
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of remaliah11 · 85%
- is remaliah's1 · 8%
- and remaliah's1 · 8%
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.