Precious thing
מִגְדָּנָהStrong’s H4030migdanah (mig-da-nah)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Migdanah is the Hebrew word usually translated “precious gifts”, “excellent things” and “precious things”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.”
Meaning
- Choice thing, excellent thing
How it's translated
- and precious gifts 1
- and to excellent things 1
- and excellent things 1
- and with precious things 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Chronicles 2
- Genesis 1
- Ezra 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Chronicles 21:3And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.
- 2 Chronicles 32:23And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.
- Ezra 1:6And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.
Hebrew dictionary
מִגְדָּנָה migdanah · precious thing
choice thing, excellent thing
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.