Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4022
מֶגֶד
megedmeh'-ghed
excellence
8 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4022is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4022
properly, a distinguished thing; hence something valuable, as aproduct or fruit
The King James renders it: pleasant, precious fruit (thing).
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
meged is rendered "excellence". It stands 8 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Five of the uses stand in Deuteronomy, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Deuteronomy 33:13Concerning Joseph he said: “May his land be blessed by the LORD with the precious dew from heaven above and the deep waters that lie beneath,
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Concerning Joseph he said: “May his land be blessed by the LORD with the precious dew from heaven above and the deep waters that lie beneath,
Deuteronomy 33:13מִמֶּ֤גֶד
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's eight uses are in Deuteronomy.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and from excellent gift of4
- choice things1
- choices1
- choices its1
- from excellent gift of1
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 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 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
- וּמִמֶּ֖גֶד3
- וּמִמֶּ֗גֶד1
- מְגָדָֽיו׃1
- מְגָדִ֑ים1
- מְגָדִ֔ים1
- מִמֶּ֤גֶד1
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4HC/R/Ncmsc
- noun · masculine plural2HNcmpa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcmpc/Sp3ms
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmsc
Deuteronomy
five uses
Concerning Joseph he said: “May his land be blessed by the LORD with the precious dew from heaven above and the deep waters that lie beneath,
- מִמֶּ֤גֶדmimegedpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from excellent gift of
with the bountiful harvest from the sun and the abundant yield of the seasons,
- וּמִמֶּ֖גֶדumimegedconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and from excellent gift of
- וּמִמֶּ֖גֶדumimegedconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and from excellent gift of
with the best of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills,
- וּמִמֶּ֖גֶדumimegedconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and from excellent gift of
with the choice gifts of the land and everything in it, and with the favor of Him who dwelt in the burning bush. May these rest on the head of Joseph and crown the brow of the prince of his brothers.
- וּמִמֶּ֗גֶדumimegedconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and from excellent gift of
Song of Solomon
three uses
Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,
- מְגָדִ֑יםmegadimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: choices
Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits.
- מְגָדָֽיו׃megadavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: choices its
The mandrakes send forth a fragrance, and at our door is every delicacy, new as well as old, that I have treasured up for you, my beloved.
- מְגָדִ֔יםmegadimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: choice things
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.