שֻׁלְחָן
shulchân · shool-khawn'
a table (as spread out); by implication, a meal
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7971 (שָׁלַח);
a table (as spread out); by implication, a meal
- a table (as spread out)
- by implication, a meal
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: table.
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
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- 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 › authority, the one who leads › to separate and protect › the seed, life continuing
To consume, to destroy of authority, the one who leads that works to separate and protect of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שֻׁלְחָן 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
71 occurrences · 71 OT · 0 NT · 48 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the table14 · 22%
- table8 · 13%
- tables8 · 13%
- a table4 · 6%
- and the table4 · 6%
- at my table4 · 6%
- of his table2 · 3%
- and a table2 · 3%
- for the tables2 · 3%
- that the table1 · 2%
- upon the table1 · 2%
- which were upon the table1 · 2%
- in the table1 · 2%
- and upon the table1 · 2%
- their meat under my table1 · 2%
- from the table1 · 2%
- at thine own table1 · 2%
- at thy table1 · 2%
- at the table1 · 2%
- for every table1 · 2%
- also, and the tables1 · 2%
- moreover there were at my table1 · 2%
- on thy table1 · 2%
- let their table1 · 2%
- thy table1 · 2%
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.