תַּחְפַּנְחֵס
Tachpanchêç · takh-pan-khace'
Tachpanches, Techaphneches or Tachpenes, a place in Egypt
Lexicon
Derivation: or תְּחַפְנְחֵס; (Ezekiel 30:18), or תַּחְפְּנֵס; (Jeremiah 2:16), of Egyptian derivation;
Tachpanches, Techaphneches or Tachpenes, a place in Egypt
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Tahapanes, Tahpanhes, Tehaphnehes.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › to separate and protect › to speak, the word › the seed, life continuing › to separate and protect › to support and uphold
The mark, the covenant sign that works to separate and protect that works to speak, the word of the seed, life continuing that works to separate and protect that works to support and uphold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תַּחְפַּנְחֵס 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.
- in tahpanhes2 · 29%
- and tahapanes1 · 14%
- they even to tahpanhes1 · 14%
- and at tahpanhes1 · 14%
- and in tahpanhes1 · 14%
- at tehaphnehes1 · 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.