שְׁתַר בּוֹזְנַי
Shᵉthar Bôwzᵉnay · sheth-ar' bo-zen-ah'-ee
Shethar-Bozenai, a Persian officer
Lexicon
Derivation: of foreign derivation;
Shethar-Bozenai, a Persian officer
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Shetharboznai.
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
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the mark, the covenant sign › the head, the highest › the house, what is within › to fasten and establish › to cut, to sustain › the seed, life continuing › the hand that works
To consume, to destroy of the mark, the covenant sign of the head, the highest of the house, what is within that works to fasten and establish that works to cut, to sustain of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׁתַר בּוֹזְנַי 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and shetharboznai2 · 50%
- shetharboznai2 · 50%
Where it is used, by book.
- Ezra8
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.