תָּאַר
tâʼar · taw-ar'
to delineate; reflex. to extend
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to delineate; reflex. to extend
- to delineate
- reflex. to extend
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be drawn, mark out, (Rimmon-) methoar (by union with H7417 (רִמּוֹן)).
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › strength, the leader › the head, the highest
The mark, the covenant sign of strength, the leader of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תָּאַר 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.
- was drawn4 · 57%
- and was drawn1 · 14%
- he marketh it out1 · 14%
- and he marketh it out1 · 14%
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.