שְׁחִין
shᵉchîyn · shekh-een'
inflammation, i.e. an ulcer
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root probably meaning to burn;
inflammation, i.e. an ulcer
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: boil, botch.
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
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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)
to consume, to destroy › to separate and protect › the hand that works › the seed, life continuing
To consume, to destroy that works to separate and protect of the hand that works of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׁחִין 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
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- upon the boil1 · 8%
- and shall be a boil1 · 8%
- and it became a boil1 · 8%
- of the boils1 · 8%
- for the boil1 · 8%
- thereof, was a boil1 · 8%
- of the boil1 · 8%
- out of the boil1 · 8%
- boil1 · 8%
- thee with the botch1 · 8%
- botch1 · 8%
- it on the boil1 · 8%
- boils1 · 8%
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.