תִּיכוֹן
tîykôwn · tee-kone'
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Lexicon
Derivation: or תִּיכֹן; from H8432 (תָּוֶךְ);
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Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: middle(-most), midst.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › the hand that works › the open hand that covers › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
The mark, the covenant sign of the hand that works of the open hand that covers that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תִּיכוֹן 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the middle2 · 18%
- into the middle2 · 18%
- the middle1 · 9%
- of the middle1 · 9%
- for the middle1 · 9%
- chamber, and out of the middle1 · 9%
- by the midst1 · 9%
- and than the middlemost1 · 9%
- and the middlemost1 · 9%
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.