שְׂבָכָה
sᵉbâkâh · seb-aw-kaw'
a net-work, i.e. (in hunting) a snare, (in architecture) a ballustrade; also a reticulated ornament to apillar
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H7638 (שָׂבָךְ);
a net-work, i.e. (in hunting) a snare, (in architecture) a ballustrade; also a reticulated ornament to apillar
- a net-work, i.e. (in hunting) a snare, (in architecture) a ballustrade
- also, a reticulated ornament to apillar
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: checker, lattice, network, snare, wreath(-enwork).
Letters
- 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
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the house, what is within › the open hand that covers › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy of the house, what is within of the open hand that covers that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׂבָכָה 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
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- network2 · 13%
- networks2 · 13%
- wreaths2 · 13%
- of checker1 · 7%
- the network1 · 7%
- through a lattice1 · 7%
- and the wreathen work1 · 7%
- with wreathen work1 · 7%
- wreath1 · 7%
- upon a snare1 · 7%
- with network1 · 7%
- upon the network1 · 7%
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.