בִּגְתָן
Bigthân · big-thawn'
Bigthan or Bigthana, a eunuch of Xerxes
Lexicon
Derivation: or בִּגְתָנָא; of similar derivation to H903 (בִּגְתָא);
Bigthan or Bigthana, a eunuch of Xerxes
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Bigthan, Bigthana.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- 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)
the house, what is within › to carry, to lift up › the mark, the covenant sign › the seed, life continuing
The house, what is within that works to carry, to lift up of the mark, the covenant sign of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בִּגְתָן 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.
- bigthan1 · 50%
- of bigthana1 · 50%
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.