H851

אֶשְׁתְּמֹעַ

ʼEshtᵉmôaʻ · esh-tem-o'-ah

Eshtemoa or Eshtemoh, a place in Palestine

Lexicon

Derivation: or אֶשְׁתְּמוֹעַ; or אֶשְׁתְּמֹה; from H8085 (שָׁמַע) (in the sense of obedience);

Eshtemoa or Eshtemoh, 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: Eshtemoa, Eshtemoh.

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
מMem40
Picture: waves of water
Concrete
water · sea · blood · liquid
Extended
chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
עAyin70
Picture: an eye
Concrete
eye · spring of water
Extended
to see · to know · experience · to watch

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

strength, the leader › to consume, to destroy › the mark, the covenant sign › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to see and know

Strength, the leader that works to consume, to destroy of the mark, the covenant sign of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to see and know.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֶשְׁתְּמֹעַ 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

6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

and eshtemoa3 · 50%
and eshtemoh1 · 17%
and to them which were in eshtemoa1 · 17%
of eshtemoa1 · 17%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

אֶשְׁתְּמֹ֖עַ2וְאֶשְׁתְּמֹ֖עַ1וְאֶשְׁתְּמֹ֖ה1בְּאֶשְׁתְּמֹֽעַ׃ ס1אֶשְׁתְּמֹֽעַ׃1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.