To tinkle
עָכַסStrong’s H5913akhas (a-khas)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Akhas is the Hebrew word usually translated “tinkle with anklets”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:”
Meaning
- (Piel) to shake bangles, rattle, tinkle
How it's translated
- they tinkle with anklets 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
עָכַס akhas · to tinkle
(Piel) to shake bangles, rattle, tinkle
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “tinkle” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TINK'LE, verb intransitive
- To make small quick sharp sounds, as by striking on metal; to clink.“--And have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal” 1 Corinthians 13:1
- To hear a small sharp sound.
All definitions and other forms of “tinkle”
TINK'LE, verb transitive
To cause to clink or make sharp quick sounds.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.