רָסִיס
râçîyç · raw-sees'
properly, dripping to pieces, i.e. a ruin; also a dew-drop
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7450 (רָסַס);
properly, dripping to pieces, i.e. a ruin; also a dew-drop
- properly, dripping to pieces, i.e. a ruin
- also, a dew-drop
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: breach, drop.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 › to support and uphold › the hand that works › to support and uphold
The head, the highest that works to support and uphold of the hand that works that works to support and uphold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָסִיס 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- with the drops1 · 50%
- with breaches1 · 50%
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.