תּוֹר
tôwr · tore
a succession, i.e. a string or (abstractly) order
Lexicon
Derivation: or תֹּר; from H8446 (תּוּר);
a succession, i.e. a string or (abstractly) order
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: border, row, turn.
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)
- 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 › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
The mark, the covenant sign that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תּוֹר 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- turn1 · 25%
- now when the turn1 · 25%
- with rows1 · 25%
- thee borders1 · 25%
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.