הֶרֶג
hereg · heh'-reg
slaughter
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2026 (הָרַג);
slaughter
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be slain, slaughter.
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)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to reveal, behold › the head, the highest › to carry, to lift up
To reveal, behold of the head, the highest that works to carry, to lift up.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of הֶרֶג 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.
- and slaughter1 · 20%
- to be slain1 · 20%
- according to the slaughter1 · 20%
- slaughter1 · 20%
- when the slaughter1 · 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.