אִשָּׁה
ʼishshâh · ish-shaw'
properly, a burnt-offering; but occasionally of any sacrifice
Lexicon
Derivation: the same as H800 (אֶשָּׁה), but used in a liturgical sense;
properly, a burnt-offering; but occasionally of any sacrifice
- properly, a burnt-offering
- but occasionally of any sacrifice
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (offering, sacrifice), (made) by fire.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to consume, to destroy › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader that works to consume, to destroy that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אִשָּׁה 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
65 occurrences · 65 OT · 0 NT · 22 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- an offering made by fire17 · 23%
- made by fire15 · 20%
- a sacrifice made by fire7 · 9%
- it is an offering made by fire4 · 5%
- of the offerings3 · 4%
- even an offering made by fire3 · 4%
- for an offering made by fire3 · 4%
- the offerings3 · 4%
- of the offering made by fire2 · 3%
- according to the offerings made by fire2 · 3%
- an offering by fire2 · 3%
- to be an offering made by fire1 · 1%
- in any offering1 · 1%
- thereof: it is an offering made by fire1 · 1%
- of my offerings made by fire1 · 1%
- concerning the offerings1 · 1%
- out of the offerings1 · 1%
- and an offering made by fire1 · 1%
- of the sacrifices1 · 1%
- with the offerings made by fire1 · 1%
- for the offerings1 · 1%
- unto him of the offerings1 · 1%
- for my sacrifices made by fire1 · 1%
- unto them, this is the offering made by fire1 · 1%
- it, a sacrifice made by fire1 · 1%
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.