שׁוֹק
shôwq · shoke
the (lower) leg (as a runner)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7783 (שׁוּק);
the (lower) leg (as a runner)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: hip, leg, shoulder, thigh.
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › what comes behind, the returning cycle
To consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שׁוֹק 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 · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shoulder11 · 58%
- and the shoulder1 · 5%
- and in the legs1 · 5%
- them hip1 · 5%
- the shoulder1 · 5%
- in the legs1 · 5%
- the legs1 · 5%
- his legs1 · 5%
- the thigh1 · 5%
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.