תּוֹשָׁב
tôwshâb · to-shawb'
resident alien
Lexicon
Derivation: or תֹּשָׁב; (1 Kings 17:1), from H3427 (יָשַׁב); a dweller (but not outlandish (H5237 (נׇכְרִי))); especially (as distinguished from a native citizen (active participle of H3427 (יָשַׁב)) and a temporary inmate (H1616 (גֵּר)) or mere lodger (H3885 (לוּן)))
resident alien
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: foreigner, inhabitant, sojourner, stranger.
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)
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › to fasten and establish › to consume, to destroy › the house, what is within
The mark, the covenant sign that works to fasten and establish that works to consume, to destroy of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תּוֹשָׁב 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 · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and a sojourner1 · 7%
- a foreigner1 · 7%
- a sojourner1 · 7%
- and for thy stranger1 · 7%
- and sojourners1 · 7%
- or a sojourner1 · 7%
- and as a sojourner1 · 7%
- of the strangers1 · 7%
- or stranger1 · 7%
- or sojourner1 · 7%
- and for the sojourner1 · 7%
- who was of the inhabitants1 · 7%
- thee, and sojourners1 · 7%
- with thee, and a sojourner1 · 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.