רָמַס
râmaç · raw-mas'
to tread upon (as a potter, in walking or abusively)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to tread upon (as a potter, in walking or abusively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: oppressor, stamp upon, trample (under feet), tread (down, upon).
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
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to support and uphold
The head, the highest of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to support and uphold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָמַס 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
19 occurrences · 19 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- trode2 · 11%
- and trode down2 · 11%
- and stamped2 · 11%
- and he trode her under foot1 · 5%
- it; yea, let him tread down1 · 5%
- shalt thou trample under feet1 · 5%
- to tread1 · 5%
- the oppressors1 · 5%
- shall tread it down1 · 5%
- shall be trodden1 · 5%
- treadeth1 · 5%
- and trample1 · 5%
- shall he tread down1 · 5%
- but ye must tread down1 · 5%
- both treadeth down1 · 5%
- and tread1 · 5%
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.