חַגַּי
Chaggay · khag-gah'-ee
Chaggai, a Hebrew prophet
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2282 (חַג); festive;
Chaggai, a Hebrew prophet
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Haggai.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to carry, to lift up › the hand that works
To separate and protect that works to carry, to lift up of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חַגַּי 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- haggai8 · 73%
- of haggai2 · 18%
- came unto haggai1 · 9%
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.