שְׁפוֹ
Shᵉphôw · shef-o'
Shepho or Shephi, an Idumaean
Lexicon
Derivation: or שְׁפִי; from H8192 (שָׁפָה); baldness (compare H8205 (שְׁפִי));
Shepho or Shephi, an Idumaean
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Shephi, Shepho.
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
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to speak, the word › to fasten and establish
To consume, to destroy that works to speak, the word that works to fasten and establish.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׁפוֹ 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shepho1 · 50%
- shephi1 · 50%
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.