Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
moaning
Usage: 1) a rumbling, growling, moaning 1a) a rumbling, growling 1b) a moaning 1c) a sigh, moan, sighing
Hegeh means “mourning” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G1899 — epeita (“then”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H1899 הֶגֶה (hegeh) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. hegeh (heh'-geh) n-m. 1. a muttering (in sighing, thought, or as thunder) [from H1897] It has 3 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include sound, tale, and mourning. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
hegeh (heh'-geh) n-m. 1. a muttering (in sighing, thought, or as thunder) [from H1897] KJV: mourning, sound, tale. Root(s): H1897
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1899. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
moaning
Usage: 1) a rumbling, growling, moaning 1a) a rumbling, growling 1b) a moaning 1c) a sigh, moan, sighing
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render hegeh, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
3 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth.
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
First 3 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1899.
Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth.
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1899, grouped by book.
Hegeh (Strong's H1899) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "mourning". hegeh (heh'-geh) n-m. 1. a muttering (in sighing, thought, or as thunder) [from H1897]
This page currently indexes 3 linked usages for Strong's H1899 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1899 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as sound, tale, and mourning. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.