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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #104 - אִגְּרָה

Transliteration

ʼiggᵉrâʼ

Phonetics

ig-er-aw'

Root Word (Etymology)

of Persian origin

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TWOT

2557

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) letter, missive (Aramaic loan-word used in last OT books)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1992 ‑ ἐπιστολή (ep‑is‑tol‑ay');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (3)

Ezra 3

NAS (3)

Ezra 3

HCS (3)

Ezra 3

BSB (3)

Ezra 3

ESV (3)

Ezra 3

WEB (3)

Ezra 3

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

4001) e r c a (אגרה AGRH) - Letter: (origin: Persian) KJV (3): letter - Strongs: H104 (אִגְּרָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

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.

List of Word Forms

אִ֠גַּרְתָּא אִגְּרָ֥ה אִגַּרְתָּ֔א אגרה אגרתא ’ig·gar·tā ’ig·gə·rāh ’iggartā ’iggərāh iggarTa iggeRah