תּוֹלְדָה
tôwlᵉdâh · to-led-aw'
(plural only) descent, i.e. family; (figuratively) history
Lexicon
Derivation: or תֹּלְדָה; from H3205 (יָלַד);
(plural only) descent, i.e. family; (figuratively) history
- (plural only) descent, i.e. family
- (figuratively) history
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: birth, generations.
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)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- 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 › authority, the one who leads › the doorway, the way in › to reveal, behold
The mark, the covenant sign that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads of the doorway, the way in that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תּוֹלְדָה 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
39 occurrences · 39 OT · 0 NT · 21 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- by their generations12 · 31%
- now these are the generations5 · 13%
- according to their generations4 · 10%
- these are the generations3 · 8%
- and these are the generations2 · 5%
- throughout their generations2 · 5%
- are the generations1 · 3%
- of the generations1 · 3%
- after their generations1 · 3%
- according to their birth1 · 3%
- these also are the generations1 · 3%
- these are their generations1 · 3%
- of their generations1 · 3%
- in their generations1 · 3%
- and with them, by their generations1 · 3%
- of them, after their genealogy by their generations1 · 3%
- according to the generations1 · 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.