Meditation
הִגָּיוֹןStrong’s H1902higgavon (hig-ga-von)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Higgavon is the Hebrew word usually translated “higgaion”, “meditation of” and “melody”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.”
Meaning
- § 1) meditation, resounding music, musing
- Meditation, resounding music, musingresounding music · meditation, plotting
How it's translated
- higgaion 1
- and meditation of 1
- a melody 1
- and muttering their 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 3
- Lamentations 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 19:14Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
- Psalms 92:3Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
- Lamentations 3:62The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
Hebrew dictionary
הִגָּיוֹן higgavon · Higgaion
§ 1) meditation, resounding music, musing 1a) resounding music 1b) meditation, plotting
הִגָּיוֹן higgavon · meditation
1) meditation, resounding music, musing 1a) resounding music 1b) meditation, plotting
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “meditation” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MEDITA'TION, noun
[Latin meditatio.]
Close or continued thought; the turning or revolving of a subject in the mind; serious contemplation.
- “Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer” Psalms 19:14
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.