מִגְרָשׁ
migrâsh · mig-rawsh'
a suburb (i.e. open country whither flocks are driven from pasture); hence, the area around abuilding, or the margin of the sea
Lexicon
Derivation: also (in plural) feminine (Ezekiel 27:28) מִגְרָשָׁה; from H1644 (גָּרַשׁ);
a suburb (i.e. open country whither flocks are driven from pasture); hence, the area around abuilding, or the margin of the sea
- a suburb (i.e. open country whither flocks are driven from pasture)
- hence, the area around abuilding, or the margin of the sea
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cast out, suburb.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to carry, to lift up › the head, the highest › to consume, to destroy
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to carry, to lift up of the head, the highest that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִגְרָשׁ 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
119 occurrences · 119 OT · 0 NT · 37 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- with her suburbs82 · 74%
- with their suburbs8 · 7%
- and the suburbs4 · 4%
- of the suburbs2 · 2%
- with the suburbs2 · 2%
- suburbs1 · 1%
- this shall be to them the suburbs1 · 1%
- them shall ye give with their suburbs1 · 1%
- in, with their suburbs1 · 1%
- and their suburbs1 · 1%
- and in all the suburbs1 · 1%
- also with her suburbs1 · 1%
- and suburbs1 · 1%
- their suburbs1 · 1%
- the suburbs1 · 1%
- to cast it out1 · 1%
- for the suburbs1 · 1%
- and for suburbs1 · 1%
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.