אֶרֶג
ʼereg · eh'-reg
a weaving; a braid; also a shuttle
Lexicon
Derivation: from H707 (אָרַג);
a weaving; a braid; also a shuttle
- a weaving
- a braid
- also, a shuttle
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: beam, weaver's shuttle.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the head, the highest › to carry, to lift up
Strength, the leader of the head, the highest that works to carry, to lift up.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֶרֶג 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 · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the beam1 · 50%
- than a weaver's shuttle1 · 50%
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.