אָתוֹן
ʼâthôwn · aw-thone'
a female donkey (from its docility)
Lexicon
Derivation: probably from the same as H386 (אֵיתָן) (in the sense of patience);
a female donkey (from its docility)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (she) ass.
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
- 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)
strength, the leader › the mark, the covenant sign › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
Strength, the leader of the mark, the covenant sign that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָתוֹן 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
34 occurrences · 34 OT · 0 NT · 27 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the ass4 · 12%
- she asses3 · 9%
- asses2 · 6%
- the ass2 · 6%
- and when the ass2 · 6%
- and the asses2 · 6%
- the asses2 · 6%
- of the asses2 · 6%
- and she asses1 · 3%
- and his ass's1 · 3%
- his ass1 · 3%
- upon his ass1 · 3%
- of the ass1 · 3%
- unto the ass1 · 3%
- am not i thine ass1 · 3%
- thine ass1 · 3%
- caring for the asses1 · 3%
- and as for thine asses1 · 3%
- unto thee, the asses1 · 3%
- that the asses1 · 3%
- an ass1 · 3%
- and over the asses1 · 3%
- of an ass1 · 3%
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.