Word Study · Strong's H5842 · Hebrew
עֵט
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Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻêṭ
“a stylus or marking stick”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a stylus or marking stick
Rendered in the KJV as
pen.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- בְּעֵ֥ט1
- בְּעֵט־1
- עֵ֖ט1
- עֵ֤ט׀1
How it is rendered · 3
- with a stylus of2
- [is] a stylus of1
- a stylus of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsc · 2
- HR/Ncmsc · 2
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Jeremiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 8:8עֵ֖טʾetnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?here: a stylus of
- Jeremiah 17:1בְּעֵ֥טbeetpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.here: with a stylus of