אַחֲוָה
ʼachăvâh · H263 · Aramaic · 0 occurrences
Meanings
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to tell, to inform, to impart, to show
Causative action by which humans convey information to other humans through speech
This lexeme does not occur in the Old Testament text as tagged in standard critical editions.
Contrasting words 1 word
- סָתַר çâthar · H5641 · to be hidden, to hide oneself
- סָתַר denotes concealing or keeping something secret, functioning as a lexical antonym to the act of showing or revealing.
In the other Testament 1 word
- δεικνύω deiknýō · G1166 · to make known, to demonstrate, to show
- δείκνυμι is the standard Greek verb for 'showing' or 'pointing out,' corresponding directly to the Aramaic אַחֲוָה in its semantic function of displaying or making visible.
Semantic domains 5 entries
- Bow002001001008
- This entry carries no independent occurrence of its own; אַחֲוָה (ʼachăvâh, H263) has no tagged occurrence in the Old Testament text. The domain is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster row for חוה, whose "to bow down; to worship" sense is independently attested by the common verb שָׁחָה (shâchâh, H7812), not by this entry.
- Stance002001001061
- This entry carries no independent occurrence of its own; אַחֲוָה (ʼachăvâh, H263) has no tagged occurrence in the Old Testament text. The domain is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster row for חוה, whose "to get down; to fall prostrate" sense is independently attested by the common verb שָׁחָה (shâchâh, H7812), not by this entry.
- Unsafe002003003022
- This entry carries no independent occurrence of its own; אַחֲוָה (ʼachăvâh, H263) has no tagged occurrence in the Old Testament text. The domain is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster row for חוה, whose "to weigh (someone) down" sense is not independently confirmed by any occurrence among this cluster's members.
- Speak002004001009008
- This entry carries no independent occurrence of its own; אַחֲוָה (ʼachăvâh, H263) has no tagged occurrence in the Old Testament text. The domain is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster row for חוה, whose "to tell; to inform; to impart; to show" sense is independently attested by the common verb חָוָה (châvâh, H2331), not by this entry.
- Know002004002007
- This entry carries no independent occurrence of its own; אַחֲוָה (ʼachăvâh, H263) has no tagged occurrence in the Old Testament text. The domain is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster row for חוה, whose "to tell; to inform; to impart; to show" sense is independently attested by the common verb חָוָה (châvâh, H2331), not by this entry.
Word family 12 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H263. achavah or achavayah [אַחֲוָיָה] noun feminine a declaring (properly Infinitive…
or achavayah [אַחֲוָיָה] noun feminine a declaring (properly Infinitive Aph`el, K§ 60. 1)); — construct אֲחִידָן אַחֲוָיַת Dan 5:12 the declaring of riddles (compare הַחִרדָה לְהַגִּיד Jdg 14:14f., Bev).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 4 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0