אֵת
ʼêth · ayth
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.
Lexicon
Derivation: probably from H579 (אָנָה);
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.
- properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near
- hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the mark, the covenant sign
Strength, the leader of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֵת 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
929 occurrences · 929 OT · 0 NT · 201 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- with8 · 33%
- in2 · 8%
- against2 · 8%
- from1 · 4%
- them with1 · 4%
- before1 · 4%
- not, for i am with1 · 4%
- out of1 · 4%
- thee; and by1 · 4%
- into1 · 4%
- for1 · 4%
- of1 · 4%
- will be with1 · 4%
- among1 · 4%
- children of1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
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.