שָׁזַר
shâzar · shaw-zar'
to twist (a thread of straw)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to twist (a thread of straw)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: twine.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to cut, to sustain › the head, the highest
To consume, to destroy that works to cut, to sustain of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁזַר 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
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and fine twined11 · 52%
- of fine twined6 · 29%
- were of fine twined2 · 10%
- and of fine twined1 · 5%
- and twined1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
- Exodus21
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.