hebrew #5702 - עָגַן agan (to shut oneself in or off)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance stay A primitive root; to debar, i.e. From marriage -- stay. Englishman's Concordance 1) (Niphal) to shut oneself in or off or up Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 1562 Brown-Driver-Briggs [עָגַן] verb Niph`alshut oneself in or off (Late Hebrew id., Passive participle restrained (especially from marriage), also עוֺגִיןanchor; ᵑ7עֲגַןbe imprisoned); — Imperfect2feminine plural תֵּעָגֵ֫נָה לְבִלְתִּי הֱיוֺת לְאִישׁRuth 1:13would ye shut yourselves off, so as not to belong to a man ? עגר (√ of following, meaning dubious; conjectures in MeierWurzel WB 38 LagBN 59; on Greek ἀγορ compare LewyFremdw. 8). Englishman's Concordance (References) |