Steep
מַדְרֵגָהStrong’s H4095madregah (mad-re-gah)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Madregah is the Hebrew word usually translated “steep place” and “steep places”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.”
Meaning
- Steep place, steep
How it's translated
- the steep place 1
- the steep places 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Song of Solomon 1
- Ezekiel 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Hebrew dictionary
מַדְרֵגָה madregah · steep
steep place, steep
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “steep” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
STEEP, adjective
Making a large angle with the plane of the horizon; ascending or descending with a great inclination; precipitous; as a steep hill or mountain; a steep roof; a steep ascent; a steep declivity.
All definitions and other forms of “steep”
STEEP, noun
A precipitous place, hill, mountain, rock or ascent; any elevated object which slopes with a large angle to the plane of the horizon; a precipice.
STEEP, verb transitive
[probably formed on the root of dip.]
To soak in a liquid; to macerate; to imbue; to keep any thing in a liquid till it has thoroughly imbibed it, or till the liquor has extracted the essential qualities of the substance. Thus cloth is steeped in lye or other liquid in bleaching or dyeing. But plants and drugs are steeped in water, wine and the like, for the purpose of tincturing the liquid with their qualities.
STEEP, noun
A liquid for steeping grain or seeds; also, a runnet bag. [Local.]
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.