שָׁאַג
shâʼag · shaw-ag'
to rumble or moan
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to rumble or moan
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] mightily, roar.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- 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)
to consume, to destroy › strength, the leader › to carry, to lift up
To consume, to destroy of strength, the leader that works to carry, to lift up.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁאַג 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
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- roar4 · 19%
- they shall roar3 · 14%
- roared2 · 10%
- roareth1 · 5%
- and a roaring1 · 5%
- i have roared1 · 5%
- shall roar1 · 5%
- he shall mightily1 · 5%
- thereof, like a roaring1 · 5%
- he shall roar1 · 5%
- when he shall roar1 · 5%
- also shall roar1 · 5%
- will roar1 · 5%
- hath roared1 · 5%
- her are roaring1 · 5%
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.