שָׂרַד
sârad · saw-rad'
properly, to puncture, i.e. (figuratively through the idea of slipping out) to escape or survive
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; (compare H8279 (שֶׂרֶד))
properly, to puncture, i.e. (figuratively through the idea of slipping out) to escape or survive
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: remain.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the head, the highest › the doorway, the way in
To consume, to destroy of the head, the highest of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׂרַד 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
1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- which remained1 · 100%
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.