שְׂרֵפָה
sᵉrêphâh · ser-ay-faw'
cremation
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8313 (שָׂרַף);
cremation
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: burning.
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
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the head, the highest › to speak, the word › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy of the head, the highest that works to speak, the word that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׂרֵפָה 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
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the burning3 · 23%
- them throughly1 · 8%
- the burning1 · 8%
- of the burnt heifer1 · 8%
- and burning1 · 8%
- burning1 · 8%
- no burning1 · 8%
- for him, like the burning1 · 8%
- but this shall be with burning1 · 8%
- thee, is burned up1 · 8%
- thee a burnt1 · 8%
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.