תִּשְׁבִּי
Tishbîy · tish-bee'
a Tishbite or inhabitant of Tishbeh (in Gilead)
Lexicon
Derivation: patrial from an unused name meaning recourse;
a Tishbite or inhabitant of Tishbeh (in Gilead)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Tishbite.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › to consume, to destroy › the house, what is within › the hand that works
The mark, the covenant sign that works to consume, to destroy of the house, what is within of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תִּשְׁבִּי 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the tishbite6 · 100%
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.