Strong's Lexicon

H101

H101 — אַגָּן

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewaggannoun mascOccurrences: 3TWOT: 20a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H101
Word:	אַגָּן
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	probably from H5059
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	3
Transliteration:	aggan
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	ag-gawn'
Meaning:	1. a bowl (as pounded out hollow)
KJV Renderings:	basin, cup, goblet.

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BDB93

[אַגָּן] noun [masculine] bowl, basin (Talmud אוֺגָן, Aramaic אַגָּנָא, [untranscribed source text 44]; Arabic [untranscribed source text 45], vessel in which clothes are washed; Assyrian (plural) aganât¢ Dl^W).

1. basins used in ritual אֲגָנֹת Exod 24:6 ( E ).

2. אַגַּן הַסַּהַר, simile of curves of body Song 7:3.

3. metaphor of family of Eliakim. כְּלֵי הָאַגָּנוֺת = basin-vessels Isa 22:24 (= bowl-shaped vessels Che) opposed to כְּלֵי הַנְּכָלִים; both || כְּלֵי הַקָּטָן.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אגן (ag-gan’)

Exodus 24:6

KJV: And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

EHCC: took half of the blood, and put(it)in basons;

Song of Songs 7:2

KJV: Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.liquor: Heb. mixture

EHCC: (3). Thy navel (is like) a round goblet,

Isaiah 22:24

KJV: And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.vessels of flagons: or, instruments of viols

EHCC: from the vessels of cups, even to all

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