King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H5702
Transliteration: agan
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-gan')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to shut oneself in or off
Meaning: to shut oneself in or off
Word Summary
agan: to shut oneself in or off
Original Word: עָגַןTransliteration: agan
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-gan')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to shut oneself in or off
Meaning: to shut oneself in or off
Strong's Concordance
stay A primitive root; to debar, i.e. From marriage -- stay.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5702. agan
[עָגַן] verb Niph`al shut oneself in or off (Late Hebrew id., Passive participle restrained (especially from marriage), also עוֺגִין anchor; עֲגַן ᵑ7 be imprisoned); — Imperfect2feminine plural לְאִישׁ הֱיוֺת לְבִלְתִּי תֵּעָגֵ֫נָה Ruth 1:13 would 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).