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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #4053 - מֶגְרָפָה

Transliteration

migrâphâh

Phonetics

mig-raw-faw'

Origin

from (H1640)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TWOT

385b

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

shovel
1. clod (that thrown by a shovel) (possible)

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Joel 1

BSB (1)

Joel 1

CSB (0)

Joel 1

ESV (1)

Joel 1

KJV (1)

Joel 1

LEB (1)

Joel 1

LSB (1)

Joel 1

N95 (1)

Joel 1

NAS (1)

Joel 1

NLT (0)

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

WEB (1)

Joel 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2088) p r c (גרפ GRP) AC: Sweep away CO: ? AB: ?: A carrying or taking away by flood or striking. [from: rc] (eng: grope; grapple; grab -with the exchange of the b and p)

V) p r c (גרפ GRP) - Sweep away: KJV (1): (vf: Paal) sweep away - Strongs: H1640 (גָּרַף)

k^f1) e p r c m (מגרפה MGRPH) - Soil: When the floods sweep down the land, rich soil is deposited on the land. KJV (1): clod - Strongs: H4053 (מֶגְרָפָה)

nc^m) p f r c a (אגרופ AGRWP) - Fist: A sweeping away by striking. KJV (2): fist - Strongs: H106 (אֶגְרֹף)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[מֶגְרָפָה] noun feminine shovel (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic מַגְרוֺפִיתָא; Arabic

(see Lane)) only plural מֶגְרְפֹתֵיהֶם Joel 1:17 (Thes clods, after Jewish interpreters, so AV Revelation , compare however Mei^{Joel 100 f}; ᵐ5 Me ארותיהם their cribs, of cattle; meaning of clause dubious).

List of Word Forms

מֶגְרְפֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם מגרפתיהם meḡ·rə·p̄ō·ṯê·hem megreFoteiHem meḡrəp̄ōṯêhem