אֶשְׁתָּאֹל
ʼEshtâʼôl · esh-taw-ole'
Eshtaol, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: or אֶשְׁתָּאוֹל; probably from H7592 (שָׁאַל); intreaty;
Eshtaol, a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Eshtaol.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- 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
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to consume, to destroy › the mark, the covenant sign › strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads
Strength, the leader that works to consume, to destroy of the mark, the covenant sign of strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֶשְׁתָּאֹל 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and eshtaol4 · 57%
- eshtaol1 · 14%
- and from eshtaol1 · 14%
- and out of eshtaol1 · 14%
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.