אַתּוּק
ʼattûwq · at-tooke'
a ledge or offset in abuilding
Lexicon
Derivation: or אַתִּיק; from H5423 (נָתַק) in the sense of decreasing;
a ledge or offset in abuilding
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: gallery.
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)
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the mark, the covenant sign › to fasten and establish › what comes behind, the returning cycle
Strength, the leader of the mark, the covenant sign that works to fasten and establish of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַתּוּק 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- it, and the galleries1 · 20%
- and the galleries1 · 20%
- was gallery1 · 20%
- gallery1 · 20%
- for the galleries1 · 20%
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.