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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #7694 - שֵׁגָל

Transliteration

shêgâl

Phonetics

shay-gawl'

Origin

from (H7693)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TWOT

2327a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

consort, queen, (queen-)consort

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 938 ‑ βασίλισσα (bas‑il'‑is‑sah);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Nehemiah 1

Psalms 1

BSB (2)

Nehemiah 1

Psalms 1

CSB (2)

Nehemiah 1

Psalms 1

ESV (2)

Nehemiah 1

Psalms 1

KJV (2)

Nehemiah 1

Psalms 1

LEB (2)

Nehemiah 1

Psalms 1

LSB (2)

Nehemiah 1

Psalms 1

N95 (1)

Nehemiah 1

NAS (2)

Nehemiah 1

Psalms 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (2)

Nehemiah 1

Psalms 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2814) l c s (סהגל ShGL) AC: Copulate CO: Consort AB: ?

V) l c s (סהגל ShGL) - Copulate: KJV (4): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Pual) lay - Strongs: H7693 (שָׁגַל)

N^f) l c s (סהגל ShGL) - Consort: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (5): queen - Strongs: H7694 (שֵׁגָל), H7695 (שֵׁגָל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

שֵׁגָל noun feminine (queen-) consort Nehemiah 2:6; Psalm 45:10, + perh, Judges 5:see שְׁלָל (Palmyrene proper name, feminine שגּל Lzb³⁷² SAC¹¹¹ GACooke³⁰⁹; Thes¹³⁶³ compare 'queen,' originally 'woman'; but ׳שׁ loan-word according to Lag^{BN 51,153and not} from √[שָׁגֵל]).

[שֵׁגָל] noun feminine (royal) consort (compare Biblical Hebrew id.; √ unknown Hpt^{Gu Ezra - Nehemiah , p. 65} conjectures Assyrian šigrê Titus , harem-women); — plural suffix ֵשׁגְלָתָךְ Daniel 5:23, ֵשׁגְלָתֵהּ Daniel 5:2; Daniel 5:3.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

שֵׁגָל f. king’s wife, queen, Psalms 45:10; Nehemiah 2:6.

שֵׁגָל Ch. f. id. plur. used of the king’s wives, Daniel 5:2, 3:23 distinguished from whom are לְחֵנָן concubines.

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List of Word Forms

וְהַשֵּׁגַ֣ל ׀ והשגל שֵׁגַ֥ל שגל šê·ḡal šêḡal sheGal vehashsheGal wə·haš·šê·ḡal wəhaššêḡal