Interpretation
פֵּ֫שֶׁרStrong’s H6592pesher (pe-sher)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Pesher is the Hebrew word usually translated “interpretation of”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.”
Meaning
- Interpretation, solution
How it's translated
- interpretation of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ecclesiastes 1
1 book in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
פֵּ֫שֶׁר pesher · interpretation
interpretation, solution
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “interpretation” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
INTERPRETA'TION, noun
[Latin interpretatio.]
- The act of interpreting; explanation of unintelligible words in language that is intelligible. interpretation is the design of translation.
- The act of expounding or unfolding what is not understood or not obvious; as the interpretation of dreams and prophecy.
- The sense given by an interpreter; exposition.
- The power of explaining.
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.