תְּרֵין
tᵉrêyn · ter-ane'
two
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) feminine תַּרְתֵּין; corresponding to H8147 (שְׁנַיִם);
two
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: second, [phrase] twelve, two.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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)
the mark, the covenant sign › the head, the highest › the hand that works › the seed, life continuing
The mark, the covenant sign of the head, the highest of the hand that works of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תְּרֵין 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the second1 · 25%
- twelve1 · 25%
- of twelve1 · 25%
- and two1 · 25%
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.