Strong's Hebrew · H4773

H4773 margêmâh

מַרְגֵּמָה

mar-gay-maw'

sling

Looking for Greek G4773 syngenḗs? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H4773. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

margêmâh appears once in Scripture, in Proverbs 26:8. In the Doxa app, open that verse, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

a stone-heap

In the King James Version

sling.

Derivation

from H7275 (רָגַם);

Appears 1 time in Scripture

Proverbs 26:8

“Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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