מַעְגָּל
maʻgâl · mah-gawl'
a track (literally or figuratively); also a rampart (as circular)
Lexicon
Derivation: or feminine מַעְגָּלָה; from the same as H5696 (עָגֹל);
a track (literally or figuratively); also a rampart (as circular)
- a track (literally or figuratively)
- also, a rampart (as circular)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: going, path, trench, way(-side).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to see and know › to carry, to lift up › authority, the one who leads
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to see and know that works to carry, to lift up of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַעְגָּל 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
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the path2 · 13%
- to the trench1 · 6%
- in the trench1 · 6%
- within the trench1 · 6%
- in thy paths1 · 6%
- me in the paths1 · 6%
- and thy paths1 · 6%
- by the wayside1 · 6%
- path1 · 6%
- in their paths1 · 6%
- and her paths1 · 6%
- paths1 · 6%
- her ways1 · 6%
- all his goings1 · 6%
- in their goings1 · 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.