Strong's Lexicon

H4022

H4022 — מֶגֶד

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

Hebrewmegednoun mascOccurrences: 8TWOT: 1144a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4022
Word:מֶגֶד
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from an unused root probably meaning to be eminent
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:8
Transliteration:meged
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:meh'-ghed
Meaning:1. (properly) a distinguished thing 2. hence something valuable, as a product or fruit
KJV Renderings:pleasant, precious fruit (thing).

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מֶ֫גֶד noun masculine excellence (Late Hebrew id., choice fruit; Syriac [untranscribed source text 2882] fruit; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2883] glory, honour, nobility); — ׳ מ construct Deut 33:13 + 4 t. Deut 33 plural מְגָדִים Song 4:13; Song 7:14 suffix מְגָדָיו Song 4:16 — excellence: excellent or choice things; always of gifts of nature: שָׁמַיִם ׳ מ Deut 33:13 i.e. (natural) gifts of heaven; תְּבוּאֹת שֶׁמֶשׁ ׳ מ Deut 33:14 גֶּרֶשׁ יְרָחִים ׳ מ Deut 33:14 גִּבְעוֺת עוֺלָם ׳ מ Deut 33:15 (|| ראֹשׁ הַרֲרֵי קֶדֶם); אֶרֶץ וּמְלֹאָהּ ׳ מ; plural abstract ׳ פְּרִי מ (= excellent fruit) Song 4:13; Song 4:16 ׳ מ alone = foregoing, Song 7:14.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מגד (meh’-ged)

Deuteronomy 33:13

KJV: And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,
EHCC: for the precious things of heaven,

Song of Songs 4:13

KJV: Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,camphire: or, cypress
EHCC: an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant

Song of Songs 7:13

KJV: The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.
EHCC: (14).all manner of pleasant (fruits),
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