נֹגַהּ
nôgahh · no'-gah
brilliancy (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5050 (נָגַהּ);
brilliancy (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bright(-ness), light, (clear) shining.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to carry, to lift up › to reveal, behold
The seed, life continuing that works to carry, to lift up that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נֹגַהּ 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
19 occurrences · 19 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the brightness2 · 11%
- their shining2 · 11%
- through the brightness1 · 5%
- by clear shining1 · 5%
- at the brightness1 · 5%
- is as the shining1 · 5%
- and the shining1 · 5%
- and hath no light1 · 5%
- to the brightness1 · 5%
- neither for brightness1 · 5%
- as brightness1 · 5%
- itself, and a brightness1 · 5%
- was bright1 · 5%
- and it had brightness1 · 5%
- and no brightness1 · 5%
- and his brightness1 · 5%
- and at the shining1 · 5%
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.