תִּשְׁעִים
tishʻîym · tish-eem'
ninety
Lexicon
Derivation: multiple from H8672 (תֵּשַׁע);
ninety
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ninety.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › to consume, to destroy › to see and know › the hand that works › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The mark, the covenant sign that works to consume, to destroy that works to see and know of the hand that works of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תִּשְׁעִים 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
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- ninety10 · 50%
- and ninety4 · 20%
- was ninety3 · 15%
- that is ninety1 · 5%
- and there were ninety1 · 5%
- thereof ninety1 · 5%
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.