תּוֹדָה
tôwdâh · to-daw'
properly, an extension of the hand, i.e. (by implication) avowal, or (usually) adoration; specifically, a choir of worshippers
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3034 (יָדָה);
properly, an extension of the hand, i.e. (by implication) avowal, or (usually) adoration; specifically, a choir of worshippers
- properly, an extension of the hand, i.e. (by implication) avowal, or (usually) adoration
- specifically, a choir of worshippers
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: confession, (sacrifice of) praise, thanks(-giving, offering).
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- 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)
the mark, the covenant sign › to fasten and establish › the doorway, the way in › to reveal, behold
The mark, the covenant sign that works to fasten and establish of the doorway, the way in that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תּוֹדָה 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
32 occurrences · 32 OT · 0 NT · 25 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of thanksgiving7 · 22%
- and thank offerings3 · 9%
- with thanksgiving3 · 9%
- confession2 · 6%
- companies of them that gave thanks2 · 6%
- thanksgiving2 · 6%
- it for a thanksgiving1 · 3%
- for thanksgiving1 · 3%
- both with thanksgivings1 · 3%
- company of them that gave thanks1 · 3%
- and praise1 · 3%
- praise1 · 3%
- praises1 · 3%
- him with thanksgiving1 · 3%
- of praise1 · 3%
- therein, thanksgiving1 · 3%
- sacrifices of praise1 · 3%
- the sacrifice of praise1 · 3%
- a sacrifice of thanksgiving1 · 3%
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.