Strong's Lexicon

H107

H107 — אִגֶּרֶת

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

Hebrewiggerethnoun femOccurrences: 10TWOT: 23b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H107
Word:אִגֶּרֶת
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:feminine of H104
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:10
Transliteration:iggereth
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:ig-eh'-reth
Meaning:1. an epistle
KJV Renderings:letter.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB100

אִגֶּ֫רֶת noun feminine letter, letter-missive (late, probably loan-word, Assyrian egirtu DlW) — absolute Neh 2:8 + 2 t.; construct Esth 9:29 plural אִגְּרוֺת absolute 2Chr 30:1 + 3 t.; construct Neh 2:9 אִגְּרֹתֵיהֶם Neh 6:17 — letter, especially royal letter 2Chr 30:1; 2Chr 30:6; Neh 2:7; Neh 2:8; Neh 2:9 but also others Neh 6:5; Neh 6:17; Neh 6:19; Esth 9:26; Esth 9:29 (|| סֵפֶר Esth 9:20 Esth 9:30 other synonym מִכְתָּב , נִשְׁתְּוָן q. v.)


אֲגַרְטָל see גרטל .


אֶגְרֹף see גרף .


אֵד, אוֺדוֺת, אֹדוֺת see אוד .


BDB9269

אִגְּרָה (K§ 50, 3) noun feminine letter-missive (late Biblical Hebrew אִנָּ֫רֶת, Old Aramaic אנרת , Palmyrene אגרתא Lzb207); — absolute ׳ א Ezra 4:8 (van d. H. רָא-); emphatic אִגַּרְתָּא Ezra 4:11; Ezra 5:6.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אגרת (ig-geh-reth)

2 Chronicles 30:1

KJV: And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the Lord God of Israel.
EHCC: wrotelettersalsoto Ephraim and Manasseh,

Nehemiah 2:7

KJV: Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;
EHCC: If it please the king, let letters be given

Nehemiah 6:5

KJV: Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
EHCC: with an open letter in his hand;

Esther 9:26

KJV: Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,Pur: that is, Lot
EHCC: for all the words of this letter,

Genesis 2:6

KJV: But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.there…: or, a mist which went up from, etc.
EHCC: But there went up ₪ mist from the earth, .

Job 36:27

KJV: For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
EHCC: rain according to the vapour thereof’:
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