תּוּשִׁיָּה
tûwshîyâh · too-shee-yaw'
support or (by implication) ability, i.e. (direct) help, (in purpose) an undertaking, (intellectual) understanding
Lexicon
Derivation: or תֻּשִׁיָּה; from an unused root probably meaning to substantiate;
support or (by implication) ability, i.e. (direct) help, (in purpose) an undertaking, (intellectual) understanding
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: enterprise, that which (thing as it) is, substance, (sound) wisdom, working.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 › to consume, to destroy › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
The mark, the covenant sign that works to fasten and establish that works to consume, to destroy of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תּוּשִׁיָּה 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
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- sound wisdom2 · 17%
- their enterprise1 · 8%
- in me? and is wisdom1 · 8%
- to that which is1 · 8%
- and wisdom1 · 8%
- the thing as it is1 · 8%
- my substance1 · 8%
- is mine, and sound wisdom1 · 8%
- with all wisdom1 · 8%
- in working1 · 8%
- and the man of wisdom1 · 8%
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.