מַסְגֵּר
maçgêr · mas-gare'
a fastener, i.e. (of a person) a smith, (of a thing) a prison
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5462 (סָגַר);
a fastener, i.e. (of a person) a smith, (of a thing) a prison
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: prison, smith.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to support and uphold › to carry, to lift up › the head, the highest
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to support and uphold that works to carry, to lift up of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַסְגֵּר 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and smiths3 · 43%
- out of prison1 · 14%
- in the prison1 · 14%
- from the prison1 · 14%
- and the smiths1 · 14%
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.