דְּאָגָה
dᵉʼâgâh · deh-aw-gaw'
anxiety
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1672 (דָּאַג);
anxiety
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: care(-fulness), fear, heaviness, sorrow.
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- 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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › strength, the leader › to carry, to lift up › to reveal, behold
The doorway, the way in of strength, the leader that works to carry, to lift up that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דְּאָגָה 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- it for fear1 · 17%
- heaviness1 · 17%
- there is sorrow1 · 17%
- and with care1 · 17%
- and with carefulness1 · 17%
- with carefulness1 · 17%
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.