Agmon אַגְמֹן
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| אַגְמֹן | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | agmon |
| Strong's number | H100 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | bulrush |
| Occurrences | 5 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (3) |
Agmon (Hebrew אַגְמֹן, Strong's H100) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “bulrush”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) rush, bulrush
1a) used as cord or line (of twisted rushes or spun of rush fibre)
1b) of the lowly, insignificant (metaph)
2) sad, drooping
1a) of line of bulrushes
1b) bowing of the head (fig.)
1c) of the lowly (metaph)
1a) used as cord or line (of twisted rushes or spun of rush fibre)
1b) of the lowly, insignificant (metaph)
2) sad, drooping
1a) of line of bulrushes
1b) bowing of the head (fig.)
1c) of the lowly (metaph)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | rush (2), hook (1), caldron (1), bulrush (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | reed (2), cord (1), over burning reeds (1), like a reed (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Agmon, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 41:2Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
- Job 41:20Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 9:14Therefore the Lord will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day.
- Isaiah 19:15Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.There is nothing Egypt can do— head or tail, palm or reed.
- Isaiah 58:5Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).