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Shiggaion — the meaning of the Hebrew name שִׁגָּיוֹן

שִׁגָּיוֹן

shiggâyôwn · pronounced shig-gaw-yone' · Strong's H7692 · a man · also spelled Shigionoth

Shiggaion means properly, aberration, i.e. (technically) a dithyramb or rambling poem.

Built from

שָׁגָה shâgâh (from, H7686) — to stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) to mistake, especially (morally) to transgress open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

or שִׁגָּיֹנָה; from H7686; properly, aberration, i.e. (technically) a dithyramb or rambling poem.

First appearance

Ps 7:1 O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: (KJV)

Every verse that names Shiggaion

2 occurrences in 2 verses — Psalms, Habakkuk

Ps 7:1Hab 3:1

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