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H1714 דֶּגֶל (degel) deh'-gel
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from 1713; a flag

KJV Usage: banner, standard

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

דֶּ֫גֶל (de.gel) — standard. banner, standard

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m · דגל

Signs

banner, standard = piece of cloth that is raised on a pole; ► symbolizes the identity of a group of people, and helps to keep the group together; ≈ associated with security

NUM 1:52 · NUM 2:2 · NUM 2:3 · NUM 2:10 · NUM 2:17 · NUM 2:18 · NUM 2:25 · NUM 2:31 · NUM 2:34 · NUM 10:14 · NUM 10:18 · NUM 10:22 · NUM 10:25 · SNG 2:4

1 SNG 2:4 DCH (cf. REB) suggests a possible alternative meaning "glance", which would be consistent with its proposal of a root דגל II ("look").

Enio R. Mueller

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[דֶּ֫גֶל] n.m. standard, banner base

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