סָגָן
çâgân · saw-gawn'
a prefect of a province
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to superintend;
a prefect of a province
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: prince, ruler.
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
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › to carry, to lift up › the seed, life continuing
To support and uphold that works to carry, to lift up of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סָגָן 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
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and rulers6 · 35%
- and the rulers3 · 18%
- and to the rulers2 · 12%
- nor to the rulers1 · 6%
- of the rulers1 · 6%
- i with the rulers1 · 6%
- upon princes1 · 6%
- thereof, and all the rulers1 · 6%
- and her rulers1 · 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.