שְׁנִיר
Shᵉnîyr · shen-eer'
Shenir or Senir, a summit of Lebanon
Lexicon
Derivation: or שְׂנִיר; from an unused root meaning to be pointed; peak;
Shenir or Senir, a summit of Lebanon
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Senir, Shenir.
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
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the seed, life continuing › the hand that works › the head, the highest
To consume, to destroy of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׁנִיר 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- it shenir1 · 25%
- and senir1 · 25%
- of shenir1 · 25%
- of senir1 · 25%
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.