שָׂרַע
sâraʻ · saw-rah'
to prolong, i.e. (reflex) be deformed by excess of members
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to prolong, i.e. (reflex) be deformed by excess of members
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: stretch out self, (have any) superfluous thing.
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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the head, the highest › to see and know
To consume, to destroy of the head, the highest that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׂרַע 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- or any thing superfluous1 · 33%
- that hath any thing superfluous1 · 33%
- than that a man can stretch1 · 33%
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.