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H940

בּוּזִי

Bûwzîy · boo-zee'

a Buzite or descendant of Buz

Lexicon

Derivation: patronymic from H938 (בּוּז);

a Buzite or descendant of Buz

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: Buzite.

Letters

  1. בBet2

    Picture: floor plan of a tent or house

    Concrete
    house · tent · dwelling
    Extended
    family · household · what is inside · in
  2. וVav6

    Picture: tent peg or hook

    Concrete
    nail · peg · hook
    Extended
    to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
  3. זZayin7

    Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword

    Concrete
    weapon · cutting tool · plough
    Extended
    to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
  4. 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 house, what is within › to fasten and establish › to cut, to sustain › the hand that works

The house, what is within that works to fasten and establish that works to cut, to sustain of the hand that works.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בּוּזִי 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

2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

  • the buzite2 · 100%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

הַבּוּזִ֗י1הַבּוּזִי֮1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.

Concordance