Excellence
מֶ֫גֶדStrong’s H4022meged (me-ged)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Meged is the Hebrew word usually translated “from excellent gift of”, “choice” and “choice its”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,”
Meaning
- Excellence
How it's translated
- and from excellent gift of 4
- from excellent gift of 1
- choice 1
- choice its 1
- choice things 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 4
- Song of Solomon 3
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 33:14And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,
- Deuteronomy 33:15And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,
- Deuteronomy 33:16And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.
- Song of Solomon 4:13Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
- Song of Solomon 4:16Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
- Song of Solomon 7:13The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.
Hebrew dictionary
מֶ֫גֶד meged · excellence
excellence
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “choice” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CHOICE, noun
- The act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; or the determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another; election.“Ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my moth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe” Acts 15:7
- The power of choosing; option.
- Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference.
- The thing chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection.
All definitions and other forms of “choice”
- The best part of any thing; that which is preferable, and properly the object of choice“In the choice of our sepulchers bury thy dead” Genesis 23:6
- The act of electing to office by vote; election.
CHOICE, adjective
- Worthy of being preferred; select; precious; very valuable.“My revenue is better than choice silver” Proverbs 8:19
- Holding dear; preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; as, to be choice of time or of advantages.
- Selecting with care, and due attention to preference; as, to be choice of ones company.
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.