Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
precious thing
Usage: choice thing, excellent thing
Migdanah means “precious thing” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G4030 — perikephalaia (“helmet”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H4030 מִגדָּנָה (migdanah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. migdanah (mig-daw-naw') n-f. 1. preciousness, i.e. a gem [from the same as H4022] It has 4 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include precious and presents. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
migdanah (mig-daw-naw') n-f. 1. preciousness, i.e. a gem [from the same as H4022] KJV: precious thing, present. Root(s): H4022
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4030. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
precious thing
Usage: choice thing, excellent thing
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render migdanah, 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.
4 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.
And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.
First 4 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4030.
And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.
And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.
And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4030, grouped by book.
Migdanah (Strong's H4030) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "precious thing". migdanah (mig-daw-naw') n-f. 1. preciousness, i.e. a gem [from the same as H4022]
This page currently indexes 4 linked usages for Strong's H4030 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4030 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as precious and presents. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.