דֶּגֶל
degel · deh'-gel
a flag
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1713 (דָּגַל);
a flag
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: banner, standard.
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › to carry, to lift up › authority, the one who leads
The doorway, the way in that works to carry, to lift up of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דֶּגֶל 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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the standard3 · 21%
- by his own standard2 · 14%
- shall be the standard2 · 14%
- by their standards2 · 14%
- the standard2 · 14%
- of the sun shall they of the standard1 · 7%
- with their standards1 · 7%
- and his banner1 · 7%
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.