H4023

מְגִדּוֹן

Mᵉgiddôwn · meg-id-done'

Megiddon or Megiddo, a place in Palestine

Lexicon

Derivation: (Zechariah H12 (אַבְדָן)) or מְגִדּוֹ; from H1413 (גָּדַד); rendezvous;

Megiddon or Megiddo, a place in Palestine

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: Megiddo, Megiddon.

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
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)

water, chaos, the mighty deep › to carry, to lift up › the doorway, the way in › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing

Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to carry, to lift up of the doorway, the way in that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְגִדּוֹן 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

12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

of megiddo5 · 42%
and megiddo2 · 17%
to megiddo1 · 8%
him at megiddo1 · 8%
from megiddo1 · 8%
megiddo1 · 8%
of megiddon1 · 8%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

מְגִדּ֖וֹ5בִּמְגִדּ֔וֹ1מְגִדּ֥וֹ1וּמְגִדּ֑וֹ1מְגִדּֽוֹ׃1מְגִדּֽוֹן׃1מְגִדּ֑וֹ1מִמְּגִדּ֔וֹ1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.