בּוּס
bûwç · boos
to trample (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to trample (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: loath, tread (down, under (foot)), be polluted.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › to fasten and establish › to support and uphold
The house, what is within that works to fasten and establish that works to support and uphold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בּוּס 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.
- for he it is that shall tread down2 · 15%
- will we tread them under1 · 8%
- loatheth1 · 8%
- trodden under feet1 · 8%
- tread him under foot1 · 8%
- and i will tread down1 · 8%
- have trodden down1 · 8%
- they have trodden1 · 8%
- under foot1 · 8%
- thee polluted1 · 8%
- and wast polluted1 · 8%
- men, which tread down1 · 8%
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.