רַגְלִי
raglîy · rag-lee'
a footman (soldier)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7272 (רֶגֶל);
a footman (soldier)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (on) foot(-man).
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to carry, to lift up › authority, the one who leads › the hand that works
The head, the highest that works to carry, to lift up of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רַגְלִי 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
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- footmen10 · 83%
- on foot1 · 8%
- with the footmen1 · 8%
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.