בֹּהֶרֶת
bôhereth · bo-heh'-reth
a whitish spot on the skin
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine active participle of the same as H925 (בָּהִיר);
a whitish spot on the skin
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bright spot.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- 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)
the house, what is within › to reveal, behold › the head, the highest › the mark, the covenant sign
The house, what is within that works to reveal, behold of the head, the highest of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בֹּהֶרֶת 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
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in the bright spot2 · 15%
- bright spots2 · 15%
- or bright spot1 · 8%
- if the bright spot1 · 8%
- or a bright spot1 · 8%
- but if the bright spot1 · 8%
- bright spot1 · 8%
- and if the bright1 · 8%
- spot1 · 8%
- and, behold, if the bright spots1 · 8%
- and for a bright spot1 · 8%
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.