שָׁגָה
shâgâh · shaw-gaw'
to stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) to mistake, especially (morally) to transgress; by extension (through the idea of intoxication) to reel, (figuratively) be enraptured
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) to mistake, especially (morally) to transgress; by extension (through the idea of intoxication) to reel, (figuratively) be enraptured
- to stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) to mistake, especially (morally) to transgress
- by extension, (through the idea of intoxication) to reel, (figuratively) be enraptured
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (cause to) go astray, deceive, err, be ravished, sin through ignorance, (let, make to) wander.
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
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to carry, to lift up › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy that works to carry, to lift up that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁגָה 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
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 21 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- sin through ignorance1 · 5%
- and if ye have erred1 · 5%
- to wander1 · 5%
- and have erred1 · 5%
- wherein i have erred1 · 5%
- and the deceiver1 · 5%
- that i have erred1 · 5%
- thee: o let me not wander1 · 5%
- which do err1 · 5%
- all them that err1 · 5%
- and be thou ravished1 · 5%
- be ravished1 · 5%
- he shall go astray1 · 5%
- that causeth to err1 · 5%
- and whosoever is deceived1 · 5%
- to go astray1 · 5%
- also have erred1 · 5%
- have erred1 · 5%
- they err1 · 5%
- wandered1 · 5%
- that erreth1 · 5%
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.