הֵגֵא
Hêgêʼ · hay-gay'
Hege or Hegai, a eunuch of Xerxes
Lexicon
Derivation: or (by permutation) הֵגַי; probably of Persian origin;
Hege or Hegai, a eunuch of Xerxes
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Hegai, Hege.
Letters
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to reveal, behold › to carry, to lift up › strength, the leader
To reveal, behold that works to carry, to lift up of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of הֵגֵא 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of hegai2 · 50%
- of hege1 · 25%
- but what hegai1 · 25%
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.