The meaning of “אַגְמוֹן”
Understanding ʼagmôwn reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
bulrush, caldron, hook, rush. - a bulrush (as growing there) - collectively a rope of bulrushes 1) rush, bulrush 1a) use...
אַגְמוֹן
bulrush, caldron, hook, rush. - a bulrush (as growing there) - collectively a rope of bulrushes 1) rush, bulrush 1a) used as cord or line (of twisted rushes or spun of rush fibre) 1b) of the lowly, insignificant (metaph) 2) sad, drooping 1a) of line of bulrushes 1b) bowing of the head (fig.) 1c) of the lowly (metaph)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Job 41:2 | “Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?” Word: אַגְמוֹן (ʼagmôwn) | |
| Job 41:20 | “Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.” Word: אַגְמוֹן (ʼagmôwn) | |
| Isaiah 9:14 | “Therefore the Lord will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.” Word: אַגְמוֹן (ʼagmôwn) | |
| Isaiah 19:15 | “Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.” Word: אַגְמוֹן (ʼagmôwn) | |
| Isaiah 58:5 | “Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?” Word: אַגְמוֹן (ʼagmôwn) |
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