Standard
דֶּ֫גֶלStrong’s H1714degel (de-gel)
Appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Degel is the Hebrew word usually translated “standard of”, “standards their” and “standard his”. It appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.”
Meaning
- Banner, standard
How it's translated
- standard of 8
- to standards their 3
- standard his 2
- and standard his 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 13
- Song of Solomon 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 2:2Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father’s house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.
- Numbers 2:3And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.
- Numbers 2:10On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
- Numbers 2:17Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.
- Numbers 2:18On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
- Numbers 2:25The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
Hebrew dictionary
דֶּ֫גֶל degel · standard
banner, standard
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “standard” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
STANDARD, noun
[G., sort, kind.]
- An ensign of war; a staff with a flag or colors.
- That which is established by sovereign power as a rule or measure by which others are to be adjusted.
- That which is established as a rule or model, by the authority of public opinion, or by respectable opinions, or by custom or general consent; as writings which are admitted to be the standard of style and taste.
- In coinage, the proportion of weight of fine metal and alloy established by authority.
All definitions
- A standing tree or stem; a tree not supported or attached to a wall.
- In ship-building, an inverted knee placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
- In botany, the upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corol.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.