שָׁטַח
shâṭach · shaw-takh'
to expand
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to expand
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: all abroad, enlarge, spread, stretch out.
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
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to surround and contain › to separate and protect
To consume, to destroy that works to surround and contain that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁטַח 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 they spread1 · 17%
- them all abroad1 · 17%
- and spread1 · 17%
- them: he enlargeth1 · 17%
- upon thee, i have stretched out1 · 17%
- and they shall spread1 · 17%
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.