תֹּפֶת
Tôpheth · to'-feth
Topheth, a place near Jerusalem
Lexicon
Derivation: the same as H8611 (תֹּפֶת);
Topheth, a place near Jerusalem
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Tophet, Topheth.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- 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)
the mark, the covenant sign › to speak, the word › the mark, the covenant sign
The mark, the covenant sign that works to speak, the word of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תֹּפֶת 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of tophet2 · 22%
- tophet2 · 22%
- topheth1 · 11%
- in tophet1 · 11%
- them in tophet1 · 11%
- as tophet1 · 11%
- from tophet1 · 11%
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.