Moaning
הֶ֫גֶהStrong’s H1899hegeh (he-geh)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Hegeh is the Hebrew word usually translated “rumbling”, “sigh” and “moaning”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth.”
Meaning
- A rumbling, growling, moaninga rumbling, growling · a moaning · a sigh, moan, sighing
How it's translated
- and rumbling 1
- a sigh 1
- and moaning 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 1
- Psalms 1
- Ezekiel 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
הֶ֫גֶה hegeh · moaning
1) a rumbling, growling, moaning 1a) a rumbling, growling 1b) a moaning 1c) a sigh, moan, sighing
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “moaning” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MOANING, participle present
tense Lamenting; bewailing.
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.