תֵּשַׁע
têshaʻ · tay'-shah
nine or (ordinal) ninth
Lexicon
Derivation: or (masculine) תִּשְׁעָה; perhaps from H8159 (שָׁעָה) through the idea of a turn to the next or full number ten;
nine or (ordinal) ninth
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: nine ([phrase] -teen, [phrase] -teenth, -th).
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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › to consume, to destroy › to see and know
The mark, the covenant sign that works to consume, to destroy that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תֵּשַׁע 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
58 occurrences · 58 OT · 0 NT · 29 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- nine16 · 28%
- and nine14 · 24%
- were nine7 · 12%
- in the ninth2 · 3%
- unto the nine2 · 3%
- nineteen2 · 3%
- in the nine2 · 3%
- the nineteenth2 · 3%
- and nineteen1 · 2%
- for the nine1 · 2%
- for he had nine1 · 2%
- even nine1 · 2%
- of nine1 · 2%
- that is the ninth1 · 2%
- and on the ninth1 · 2%
- which is the nineteenth1 · 2%
- and ninth1 · 2%
- the ninth1 · 2%
- which was the nineteenth1 · 2%
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.