King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7679
Transliteration: saga
Phonetic Spelling: (saw-gaw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to grow, grow great
Meaning: to grow, to enlarge, laud
Word Summary
saga: to grow, grow great
Original Word: שָׂגָאTransliteration: saga
Phonetic Spelling: (saw-gaw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to grow, grow great
Meaning: to grow, to enlarge, laud
Strong's Concordance
increase, magnify : a primitive root; to grow, i.e. (causatively) to enlarge, (figuratively) laud -- increase, magnify.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7679. saga
[שָׂגָא] verb grow, grow great (√ only in Job; Aramaism; compare Aramaic סְגָא סְגִי,, , all increase, grow great; Old Aramaic, Biblical Aramaic, Palmyrene שג(י)א adjective much); —
Qal Imperfect3masculine singular metaplastic יִשְׂגֶּא Job 8:11 (of plant; metaplastic from Ges§ 75oo; > van d. H. יִשְׂגֶּה).
Hiph`il 1. make great, participle לַגּוֺיִם מַשְׂגִּיא Job 12:23 he maketh the nations great (see ל 3b).
2 magnify, laud, 2 masculine singular פעלו תַּשְׂגִּיא Job 36:24 that thou magnify his work; — see שׂגה.