שִׂיב
sîyb · seeb
{properly, to become aged, i.e. (by implication) to grow gray}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H7867 (שִׂיב)
{properly, to become aged, i.e. (by implication) to grow gray}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: elder.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the hand that works › the house, what is within
To consume, to destroy of the hand that works of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שִׂיב 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the elders2 · 40%
- and the elders2 · 40%
- elders1 · 20%
Where it is used, by book.
- Ezra5
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.