שָׁחֹר
shâchôr · shaw-khore'
properly, dusky, but also (absol.) jetty
Lexicon
Derivation: or שָׁחוֹר; from H7835 (שָׁחַר);
properly, dusky, but also (absol.) jetty
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: black.
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
- 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 separate and protect › the head, the highest
To consume, to destroy that works to separate and protect of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁחֹר 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and that there is no black1 · 17%
- and that there is black1 · 17%
- i am black1 · 17%
- and black1 · 17%
- black1 · 17%
- the black1 · 17%
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.