אַרְנוֹן
ʼArnôwn · ar-nohn'
the Arnon, a river east of the Jordan, also its territory
Lexicon
Derivation: or אַרְנֹןlemma אַרְנן missing vowel, corrected to אַרְנֹן; from H7442 (רָנַן); a brawling stream;
the Arnon, a river east of the Jordan, also its territory
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Arnon.
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
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- 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 › the seed, life continuing › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
Strength, the leader of the head, the highest of the seed, life continuing that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַרְנוֹן 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
25 occurrences · 25 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of arnon9 · 36%
- arnon9 · 36%
- from arnon3 · 12%
- for arnon2 · 8%
- even unto arnon1 · 4%
- ye it in arnon1 · 4%
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.