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Sling

מַרְגֵּמָהStrong’s H4773

margemah (mar-ge-mah)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Margemah is the Hebrew word usually translated “sling”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.”
Proverbs 26:8 KJV
Meaning
  1. Sling
  2. (CLBL) a heap of stones
How it's translated
  • in a sling 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Proverbs 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    מַרְגֵּמָה margemah · sling

    1) sling 2) (CLBL) a heap of stones

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “sling” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    SLING, noun

    1. An instrument for throwing stones, consisting of a strap and two strings; the stone being lodged in the strap, is thrown by losing one of the strings With a sling and a stone David killed Goliath.
    2. A throw; a stroke.
    3. A kind of hanging bandage put round the neck, in which a wounded limb is sustained.
    4. A rope by which a cask or bale is suspended and swung in or out of a ship
    All definitions and other forms of “sling”
    1. A drink composed of equal parts of rum or spirit and water sweetened.

    SLING, verb transitive

    preterit tense and participle passive slung. [The primary sense seems to be to swing.]

    1. To throw with a sling
    2. To throw; to hurl.
    3. To hang so as to swing; as, to sling a pack.
    4. To move or swing by a rope which suspends the thing.

    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.