Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H4044 |
|---|---|
| Word: | מְגִנָּה |
| Part of Speech: | noun fem |
| Etymology: | from H4042 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | mginnah |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | meg-in-naw' |
| Meaning: | 1. a covering (in a bad sense), i.e. blindness or obduracy |
| KJV Renderings: | sorrow. See also H4043. |
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מְגִנָּה noun feminine covering, מְגִנַּתלֵֿב Lam 3:65 covering of heart, i.e. a hard shell about the heart = obstinacy, so Ges (compare Qor 6:25 [untranscribed source text 970]) RV ; or, covering of the understanding, blindness of the heart, so Ew Ke Näg Che.
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Lamentations 3:65
