סְגִד
çᵉgid · seg-eed'
{to prostrate oneself (in homage)}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H5456 (סָגַד)
{to prostrate oneself (in homage)}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: worship.
Letters
- 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
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › to carry, to lift up › the doorway, the way in
To support and uphold that works to carry, to lift up of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סְגִד 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
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- worship4 · 33%
- and worship3 · 25%
- and worshipped2 · 17%
- and worshippeth2 · 17%
- ye worship1 · 8%
Where it is used, by book.
- Daniel12
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.