תִּימָרָה
tîymârâh · H8490 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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column
Process by which smoke rises up in the shape of a column
ExamplesSong of Solomon 3:6 “What is this coming up from the wilderness Like columns of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all the scented powders of the merchant?
Joel 2:30 “I will display wonders in the sky and on the earth, Blood, fire, and columns of smoke.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- עָשָׁןsmoke 2
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כlike/as 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- עַמּוּד ʻammûwd · H5982 · pillar, column
- עַמּוּד is the most common Hebrew word for pillar or column (occurring over 100 times), used for architectural pillars, the pillars of cloud and fire in the wilderness, and metaphorical supports. תִּימָרָה appears to be a rarer synonym with similar architectural meaning.
- מַצֵּבָה matstsêbâh · H4676 · stump, memorial stone
- מַצֵּבָה refers to a standing pillar or stone monument, often commemorative or cultic in nature. While both denote upright pillars, תִּימָרָה appears more architectural whereas מַצֵּבָה tends toward memorial stones.
In the other Testament 1 word
- στῦλος stŷlos · G4769 · pillar, column, leader
- στῦλος is the standard Greek equivalent for a pillar or column, used both literally (architectural support) and metaphorically (as support/foundation), matching the architectural sense of תִּימָרָה.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Move002002001012
- This noun denotes something rising like a column, as in Song of Solomon 3:6's picture of columns of smoke coming up from the wilderness.
- Shape002001001052
- The noun also denotes the column-like shape smoke can take, as in Joel 2:30's prophecy of blood, fire, and columns of smoke as signs in the sky and on the earth.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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