אֹשׁ
ʼôsh · ohsh
a foundation
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding (by transposition and abbreviation) to H803 (אֲשׁוּיָה);
a foundation
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: foundation.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to consume, to destroy
Strength, the leader that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֹשׁ 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the foundations1 · 33%
- the foundation1 · 33%
- and let the foundations1 · 33%
Where it is used, by book.
- Ezra3
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.