Hebrew noun (masculine) · H1902
הִגָּיוֹן
higgayonhig-gaw-yone'
Higgaion
4 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: higgâyôwn
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1902is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1902
a murmuring sound, i.e. a musical notation (probably similar to the modern affettuoso to indicate solemnity of movement); by implication, a machination
The King James renders it: device, Higgaion, meditation, solemn sound.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
higgayon is rendered "Higgaion". It stands 4 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Three of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Psalms 9:16The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
Psalms 9:16הִגָּי֥וֹן
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's four uses are in Psalms.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a melody1
- and meditation of1
- and muttering their1
- Higgaion1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הִגָּי֥וֹן1
- הִגָּי֣וֹן1
- וְהֶגְי֣וֹן1
- וְהֶגְיוֹנָ֔ם1
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HC/Ncmsc/Sp3mp
- noun · masculine singular1HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular1HNtmsa
Psalms
three uses
The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
- הִגָּי֥וֹןhigayonnoun · masculine singulartagged: Higgaion
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
- וְהֶגְי֣וֹןvehegyonconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and meditation of
with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.
- הִגָּי֣וֹןhigayonnoun · masculine singulartagged: a melody
Lamentations
one use
the slander and murmuring of my assailants against me all day long.
- וְהֶגְיוֹנָ֔םvehegyonamconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and muttering their
The letters
Gematria 74· 724 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.