אֳנִי
o.ni
fleet
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word אֳנִי (o.ni) has a short definition of "fleet". With a semantic domain of "Movement & Travel", it is likely used to describe rapid or swift movement. Given its seven occurrences in the Bible, it was clearly valued for its descriptive power. In context, "fleet" could be used literally to describe speed, such as the swiftness of a runner or a horse. It may also be applied metaphorically to represent swiftness of action, decisiveness, or even the urgency of a situation. This dual nature of "fleet" emphasizes its adaptability in a range of situations, making it a useful word for conveying a sense of swiftness or urgency. The significance of "fleet" lies in its ability to convey a sense of movement, action, or urgency to the reader. It adds weight to descriptions of key events or decisions, drawing the reader's attention to the importance and immediacy of the scene unfolding before them.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
7 total occurrences across the text
But there Yahweh will be with us in majesty, a place of wide rivers and streams, in which no galley with oars will go, neither will any gallant ship pass by there.
1 Kings 9:26King Solomon made a fleet of ships in Ezion Geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
1 Kings 9:27Hiram sent in the fleet his servants, sailors who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
1 Kings 10:11The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir, also brought in from Ophir great quantities of almug trees and precious stones.
1 Kings 10:22For the king had a fleet of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet. Once every three years the fleet of Tarshish came, bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
1 Kings 10:22For the king had a fleet of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet. Once every three years the fleet of Tarshish came, bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
1 Kings 10:22For the king had a fleet of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet. Once every three years the fleet of Tarshish came, bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.