מִסְגֶּרֶת
miçgereth · mis-gheh'-reth
something enclosing, i.e. a margin (of a region, of a panel); concretely, a stronghold
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5462 (סָגַר);
something enclosing, i.e. a margin (of a region, of a panel); concretely, a stronghold
- something enclosing, i.e. a margin (of a region, of a panel)
- concretely, a stronghold
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: border, close place, hole.
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
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to support and uphold › to carry, to lift up › the head, the highest › the mark, the covenant sign
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to support and uphold that works to carry, to lift up of the head, the highest of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִסְגֶּרֶת 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 · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the border2 · 12%
- out of their close places2 · 12%
- the borders2 · 12%
- unto it a border1 · 6%
- to the border1 · 6%
- thereunto a border1 · 6%
- for the border1 · 6%
- was on this manner: they had borders1 · 6%
- and the borders1 · 6%
- and on the borders1 · 6%
- with their borders1 · 6%
- thereof and the borders1 · 6%
- thereof, and on the borders1 · 6%
- out of their holes1 · 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.