סְגוֹר
çᵉgôwr · seg-ore'
properly, shut up, i.e. the breast (as enclosing the heart); also gold (as generally shut up safely)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5462 (סָגַר);
properly, shut up, i.e. the breast (as enclosing the heart); also gold (as generally shut up safely)
- properly, shut up, i.e. the breast (as enclosing the heart)
- also, gold (as generally shut up safely)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: caul, gold.
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › to carry, to lift up › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
To support and uphold that works to carry, to lift up that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סְגוֹר 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms