תּוֹר
tôwr · tore
a ring-dove, often (figuratively) as a term of endearment
Lexicon
Derivation: or תֹּר; probably the same as H8447 (תּוֹר);
a ring-dove, often (figuratively) as a term of endearment
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (turtle) dove.
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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- turtledoves4 · 29%
- turtles3 · 21%
- and a turtledove1 · 7%
- of turtledoves1 · 7%
- or a turtledove1 · 7%
- of the turtledoves1 · 7%
- of thy turtledove1 · 7%
- of the turtle1 · 7%
- and the turtle1 · 7%
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.