יָגוֹן
yâgôwn · yaw-gohn'
affliction
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3013 (יָגָה);
affliction
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: grief, sorrow.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to carry, to lift up › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
The hand that works that works to carry, to lift up that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָגוֹן 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 · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and sorrow6 · 43%
- with sorrow2 · 14%
- unto them from sorrow1 · 7%
- having sorrow1 · 7%
- with grief1 · 7%
- myself against sorrow1 · 7%
- from their sorrow1 · 7%
- grief1 · 7%
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.