Consort
שֵׁגָלStrong’s H7695shegal (she-gal)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shegal is the Aramaic word usually translated “wives his” and “wives your”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.”
Meaning
- King's wife, king's concubine, (royal) consort
How it's translated
- wives his 2
- wives your 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 3
1 book in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 5:3In contextThen they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.
- Daniel 5:23In contextBut hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
Aramaic dictionary
שֵׁגָל shegal · consort
king's wife, king's concubine, (royal) consort Aramaic of she.gal (שֵׁגָל "queen" H7694)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “consort” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CONSORT, noun
[Latin, sort, state, kind.]
- A companion; a partner; an intimate associate; particularly, a partner of the bed; a wife or husband.
- An assembly or association of persons, convened for consultation.
- Union; conjunction; concurrence.
- A number of instruments played together; a symphony; a concert.
All definitions and other forms of “consort”
- In navigation, any vessel keeping company with another.
CONSORT, verb intransitive
To associate; to unite in company; to keep company; followed by with.
CONSORT, verb transitive
- To join; to marry.
- To unite in company.
- To accompany. [Not used.]
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.