אֹבֹת
ʼôbôth · o-both'
Oboth, a place in the Desert
Lexicon
Derivation: plural of H178 (אוֹב); water-skins;
Oboth, a place in the Desert
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Oboth.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the house, what is within › the mark, the covenant sign
Strength, the leader of the house, what is within of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֹבֹת 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 · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in oboth2 · 50%
- from oboth2 · 50%
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.