אַרְמוֹן
ʼarmôwn · ar-mone'
a citadel (from its height)
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root (meaning to be elevated);
a citadel (from its height)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: castle, palace. Compare H2038 (הַרְמוֹן).
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- 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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the head, the highest › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
Strength, the leader of the head, the highest of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַרְמוֹן 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
32 occurrences · 32 OT · 0 NT · 23 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the palaces11 · 34%
- in her palaces2 · 6%
- her palaces2 · 6%
- into the palace1 · 3%
- in the palace1 · 3%
- all the palaces1 · 3%
- within thy palaces1 · 3%
- of a castle1 · 3%
- a palace1 · 3%
- because the palaces1 · 3%
- into our palaces1 · 3%
- and the palace1 · 3%
- all her palaces1 · 3%
- of her palaces1 · 3%
- in the palaces1 · 3%
- and in the palaces1 · 3%
- in their palaces1 · 3%
- from thee, and thy palaces1 · 3%
- his palaces1 · 3%
- in our palaces1 · 3%
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.