שֹׂרֵק
sôrêq · so-rake'
a vine stock (properly, one yielding purple grapes, the richest variety)
Lexicon
Derivation: or שׂוֹרֵק; and (feminine) שֹׂרֵקָה; from H8319 (שָׁרַק) in the sense of redness (compare H8320 (שָׂרֻק));
a vine stock (properly, one yielding purple grapes, the richest variety)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: choice(-st, noble) wine. Compare H8291 (שָׂרוּק).
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
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the head, the highest › what comes behind, the returning cycle
To consume, to destroy of the head, the highest of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שֹׂרֵק 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 · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- unto the choice vine1 · 33%
- it with the choicest vine1 · 33%
- thee a noble vine1 · 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.