מוּג
mûwg · moog
to melt, i.e. literally (to soften, flow down, disappear), or figuratively (to fear, faint)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to melt, i.e. literally (to soften, flow down, disappear), or figuratively (to fear, faint)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: consume, dissolve, (be) faint(-hearted), melt (away), make soft.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › to carry, to lift up
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish that works to carry, to lift up.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מוּג 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
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall melt away1 · 6%
- faint1 · 6%
- do faint1 · 6%
- melted away1 · 6%
- upon it, and dissolvest1 · 6%
- melted1 · 6%
- thereof: thou makest it soft1 · 6%
- thereof are dissolved1 · 6%
- is melted1 · 6%
- art dissolved1 · 6%
- from us, and hast consumed1 · 6%
- they are fainthearted1 · 6%
- may faint1 · 6%
- and it shall melt1 · 6%
- shall melt1 · 6%
- melt1 · 6%
- shall be dissolved1 · 6%
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.