אִגֶּרֶת iggeret

Hebrew word for “letter” · Strong’s H107 · used 10 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

letter, missive; Aramaic equivalent: ig.g.ra (אִגְּרָא "letter" H0104)

How it is translated

Glosses given for iggeret in context, with how often each is used:

• letters 6
• letter 4

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Nehemiah 2 (3), Nehemiah 6 (3), 2 Chronicles 30 (2), Esther 9 (2)

Forms

• אגרות 4
• ואגרת 2
• באגרות 1
• אגרתיהם 1
• האגרת 1
• אגרת 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with iggeret more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• פּוּר pur “Purim” 2
• טוֹבִיָּהוּ toviyyah “Tobiah” 2
• יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 4
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 4
• פֶּחָה pechah “governor” 2
• טוֹב tov “pleasant” 3
• עֵבֶר ever “side” 2
• נָהָר nahar “river” 2
• גַּם gam “also” 3
• כָּתַב katav “to write” 2
• דָּבָר davar “word” 3
• שַׂר sar “ruler” 2

Key verses

The verses using iggeret that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 2 Chronicles 30:1 — And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep…
• 2 Chronicles 30:6 — So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye…
• Nehemiah 2:7 — Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into…
• Nehemiah 2:8 — And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house,…
• Nehemiah 2:9 — Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
• Nehemiah 6:5 — Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
• Nehemiah 6:17 — Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.
• Nehemiah 6:19 — Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
• Esther 9:26 — Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this…
• Esther 9:29 — Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.