אַגָּן
ʼaggân · H101 · Hebrew · 3 occurrences
A word for 2 things
- Basin, bowlTabernacle and Temple implements41 verses
- BowlEating utensils32 verses
Meanings
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bowl
A container used for storing blood and/or wine
ExamplesExodus 24:6 Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and the other half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
Song of Solomon 7:2 “Your navel is like a round goblet That never lacks mixed wine; Your belly is like a heap of wheat, Surrounded with lilies.
Isaiah 22:24 “So they will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the descendants, all the least of vessels, from bowls to all the jars.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- סַהַרroundness 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שֹׁרnavel 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כְּלִיvessel, utensil, weapon 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- כּוֹס kôwç · H3563 · cup, little owl
- כּוֹס (kōs) is a common Hebrew term for cup or drinking vessel, overlapping significantly with אַגָּן in the sense of a drinking vessel or goblet, though כּוֹס is generally smaller and more frequently used for individual drinking vessels.
- סֵפֶל çêphel · H5602 · bowl
- סֵפֶל (sēpel) denotes a bowl or basin used for cultic purposes, closely overlapping with אַגָּן as a ceremonial vessel or basin, attested in contexts involving ritual washings and offerings.
- מִזְרָק mizrâq · H4219 · sprinkling bowl
- מִזְרָק (mizrāq) refers to a bowl or basin used specifically for sprinkling blood or liquids in ritual contexts, semantically related to אַגָּן as a cultic vessel, though more specialized in function.
In the other Testament 1 word
- φιάλη phiálē · G5357 · bowl
- φιάλη (phialē) is the standard Greek term for a bowl or basin used in ritual/cultic contexts, particularly in Revelation for the bowls of God's wrath, and serves as a natural translation equivalent for אַגָּן in its sense as a ceremonial vessel or basin.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Containers001003001001003
- אַגָּן names a basin or bowl, as the basins Moses used to hold the blood of the covenant.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H101. aggan [אַגָּן] noun [masculine] bowl, basin (Talmud אוֺגָן, Aramaic אַגָּנָא, ;…
[אַגָּן] noun [masculine] bowl, basin (Talmud אוֺגָן, Aramaic אַגָּנָא, ; Arabic , vessel in which clothes are washed; Assyrian (plural) aganât¢ DlW).
1 basins used in ritual אֲגָנֹת Exo 24:6 (E).
2 הַסַּהַר אַגַּן, simile of curves of body Cant 7:3.
3 metaphor of family of Eliakim. הָאַגָּנוֺת כְּלֵי = basin-vessels Isa 22:24 (= bowl-shaped vessels Che) opposed to הַנְּכָלִים כְּלֵי; both || הַקָּטָן כְּלֵי.
אגף (Assyrian stem of agappu, wing, compare DlW).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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