To overthrow
מְגַרStrong’s H4049megar (me-gar)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Megar is the Aramaic word usually translated “may he overthrow”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.”
Meaning
- (Pael) to overthrow
How it's translated
- may he overthrow 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Aramaic dictionary
מְגַר megar · to overthrow
(Pael) to overthrow Aramaic of ma.gar (מָגַר "to cast" H4048)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “overthrow” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OVERTHROW, verb transitive
[See Throw.]
- To turn upside down.
- To throw down.
- To ruin; to demolish.
- To defeat; to conquer; to vanquish; as, to overthrow an army or an enemy.
All definitions and other forms of “overthrow”
- To subvert; to destroy; as, to overthrow the constitution or state; to overthrow religion.
O'VERTHROW, noun
- The state of being overturned or turned off the basis.
- Ruin; destruction; as the overthrow of the state.
- Defeat; discomfiture; as the overthrow of enemies.
- Degradation.
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.