רָגַם
râgam · raw-gam'
to cast together (stones), i.e. to lapidate
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (compare H7263 (רֶגֶב), H7321 (רוּעַ), H7551 (רָקַם));
to cast together (stones), i.e. to lapidate
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] certainly, stone.
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
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to carry, to lift up › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The head, the highest that works to carry, to lift up of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָגַם 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
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall stone4 · 25%
- stone3 · 19%
- stoned3 · 19%
- they shall stone1 · 6%
- shall certainly1 · 6%
- and stone1 · 6%
- and stoned1 · 6%
- against him, and stoned1 · 6%
- against thee, and they shall stone1 · 6%
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.