פִּגּוּל
piggûwl · pig-gool'
properly, fetid, i.e. (figuratively) unclean (ceremonially)
Lexicon
Derivation: or פִּגֻּל; from an unused root meaning to stink;
properly, fetid, i.e. (figuratively) unclean (ceremonially)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: abominable(-tion, thing).
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- 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)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › to carry, to lift up › to fasten and establish › authority, the one who leads
To speak, the word that works to carry, to lift up that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פִּגּוּל 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- it: it shall be an abomination1 · 25%
- it is abominable1 · 25%
- of abominable1 · 25%
- there abominable1 · 25%
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.