שָׁזַף
shâzaph · shaw-zaf'
to tan (by sunburning); figuratively (as if by a piercing ray) to scan
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to tan (by sunburning); figuratively (as if by a piercing ray) to scan
- to tan (by sunburning)
- figuratively, (as if by a piercing ray) to scan
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: look up, see.
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
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to cut, to sustain › to speak, the word
To consume, to destroy that works to cut, to sustain that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁזַף 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- also which saw1 · 33%
- hath not seen1 · 33%
- hath looked1 · 33%
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.