לַהַג
lahag · H3854 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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study
Exact meaning unsure: effort to increase one's knowledge by reading and meditating
ExamplesEcclesiastes 12:12 But beyond this, my son, be warned: the writing of many books is endless, and excessive study is wearying to the body.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רָבָהto increase 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יְגִעָהwearying 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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In the other Testament 1 word
- μελετάω meletáō · G3191 · to ponder, to let one’s mind dwell on, to keep thinking about
- Greek verb meaning to practice, meditate upon, or study; functionally equivalent to the Hebrew concept of studious reflection or learning.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Know002004002007
- This word's sole occurrence (Ecclesiastes 12:12) describes "much study," the pursuit of knowledge, so it belongs among words for knowing.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3854. lahag לַ֫הַג noun masculine (late) study, i.e. devotion to books; ׳ל בָּשָׂר…
לַ֫הַג noun masculine (late) study, i.e. devotion to books; ׳ל בָּשָׂר יְגִעַת הַרְבֵּה Ecc 12:12 (compare Now).
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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