Girding
מַחֲגֹ֫רֶתStrong’s H4228machagoret (ma-cha-go-ret)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Machagoret is the Hebrew word usually translated “girding of”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.”
Meaning
- Wrapping, girding, sash, cincture
How it's translated
- a girding of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
מַחֲגֹ֫רֶת machagoret · girding
wrapping, girding, sash, cincture
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “girding” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GIRD'ING, participle present
tense Binding; surrounding; investing.
All definitions and other forms of “girding”
GIRD'ING, noun
A covering.
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.