פֶּגֶר
peger · peh'gher
a carcase (as limp), whether of man or beast; figuratively, an idolatrous image
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6296 (פָּגַר);
a carcase (as limp), whether of man or beast; figuratively, an idolatrous image
- a carcase (as limp), whether of man or beast
- figuratively, an idolatrous image
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: carcase, corpse, dead body.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › to carry, to lift up › the head, the highest
To speak, the word that works to carry, to lift up of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פֶּגֶר 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
22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- upon the carcases3 · 14%
- your carcases2 · 9%
- corpses2 · 9%
- but as for you, your carcases1 · 5%
- until your carcases1 · 5%
- the carcases1 · 5%
- and, behold, they were dead bodies1 · 5%
- with the dead bodies1 · 5%
- as a carcase1 · 5%
- out of their carcases1 · 5%
- of the dead bodies1 · 5%
- them with the dead bodies1 · 5%
- all the dead bodies1 · 5%
- the dead carcases1 · 5%
- nor by the carcases1 · 5%
- and the carcases1 · 5%
- dead bodies1 · 5%
- number of carcases1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
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.