אִגֶּרֶת
ʼiggereth · ig-eh'-reth
an epistle
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H104 (אִגְּרָא);
an epistle
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: letter.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to carry, to lift up › the head, the highest › the mark, the covenant sign
Strength, the leader that works to carry, to lift up of the head, the highest of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אִגֶּרֶת 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- letters4 · 40%
- letter2 · 20%
- with the letters1 · 10%
- let letters1 · 10%
- and a letter1 · 10%
- of this letter1 · 10%
Where it is used, by book.
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.