אַגְמוֹן
ʼagmôwn · ag-mone'
a bulrush (as growing there); collectively a rope of bulrushes
Lexicon
Derivation: from the same as H98 (אֲגַם); a marshy pool (others from a different root, a kettle); by implication
a bulrush (as growing there); collectively a rope of bulrushes
- a bulrush (as growing there)
- collectively a rope of bulrushes
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bulrush, caldron, hook, rush.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to carry, to lift up › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
Strength, the leader that works to carry, to lift up of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַגְמוֹן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- an hook1 · 20%
- or caldron1 · 20%
- and rush1 · 20%
- or rush1 · 20%
- as a bulrush1 · 20%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.