רְגַל
rᵉgal · reg-al'
{a foot, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H7272 (רֶגֶל)
{a foot, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda}
- {a foot, a step
- by euphemistically the pudenda}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: foot.
Letters
- 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
- 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)
the head, the highest › to carry, to lift up › authority, the one who leads
The head, the highest that works to carry, to lift up of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רְגַל 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- his feet2 · 29%
- the feet2 · 29%
- of the feet1 · 14%
- with the feet1 · 14%
- with his feet1 · 14%
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.