שִׁגָּיוֹן
shiggâyôwn · shig-gaw-yone'
properly, aberration, i.e. (technically) a dithyramb or rambling poem
Lexicon
Derivation: or שִׁגָּיֹנָה; from H7686 (שָׁגָה);
properly, aberration, i.e. (technically) a dithyramb or rambling poem
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Shiggaion, Shigionoth.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to carry, to lift up › the hand that works › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
To consume, to destroy that works to carry, to lift up of the hand that works that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שִׁגָּיוֹן 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shiggaion1 · 50%
- upon shigionoth1 · 50%
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.