שְׁלֹמִית
Shᵉlômîyth · shel-o-meeth'
Shelomith, the name of five Israelites and three Israelitesses
Lexicon
Derivation: or שׁלוֹמִית; (Ezra 8:10), from H7965 (שָׁלוֹם); peaceableness;
Shelomith, the name of five Israelites and three Israelitesses
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Shelomith.
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
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › authority, the one who leads › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign
To consume, to destroy of authority, the one who leads of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׁלֹמִית 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and shelomith3 · 38%
- shelomith2 · 25%
- of shelomith2 · 25%
- was shelomith1 · 13%
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.