מֶגֶד
meged · meh'-ghed
properly, a distinguished thing; hence something valuable, as aproduct or fruit
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root probably meaning to be eminent;
properly, a distinguished thing; hence something valuable, as aproduct or fruit
- properly, a distinguished thing
- hence, something valuable, as aproduct or fruit
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: pleasant, precious fruit (thing).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to carry, to lift up › the doorway, the way in
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to carry, to lift up of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מֶגֶד 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and for the precious things3 · 38%
- for the precious things1 · 13%
- and for the precious1 · 13%
- with pleasant1 · 13%
- his pleasant1 · 13%
- are all manner of pleasant1 · 13%
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.