נָגַר
nâgar · naw-gar'
to flow; figuratively, to stretch out; causatively, to pour out or down; figuratively, to deliver over
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to flow; figuratively, to stretch out; causatively, to pour out or down; figuratively, to deliver over
- to flow
- figuratively, to stretch out
- causatively, to pour out or down
- figuratively, to deliver over
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fall, flow away, pour down (out), run, shed, spilt, trickle down.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to carry, to lift up › the head, the highest
The seed, life continuing that works to carry, to lift up of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָגַר 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- spilt1 · 10%
- and his goods shall flow away1 · 10%
- they shall fall1 · 10%
- and he poureth out1 · 10%
- ran1 · 10%
- and pour out1 · 10%
- trickleth down1 · 10%
- and hast shed1 · 10%
- that are poured1 · 10%
- and i will pour down1 · 10%
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.