דֶּגֶל degel

Hebrew word for “standard” · Strong’s H1714 · used 14 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

banner, standard

How it is translated

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

• standard 10
• standards 3
• will be the standard 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 2 (8), Numbers 10 (4), Numbers 1 (1), Song of Solomon 2 (1)

Forms

• דגל 8
• לדגליהם 3
• דגלו 2
• ודגלו 1

Words used with it

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

• מַחֲנֶה machaneh “camp” 11
• נָסַע nasa “to set out” 7
• צָבָא tsava “Hosts” 9
• חָנָה chanah “to camp” 5
• נָשִׂיא nasi “leader” 4
• דָּן dan “Dan” 3
• אֱלִיצוּר elitsur “Elizur” 2
• שְׁדֵיאוּר shedeur “Shedeur” 2
• עַמִּישַׁדָּי ammishadday “Ammishaddai” 2
• אֲחִיעֶזֶר achiezer “Ahiezer” 2
• נַחְשׁוֹן nachshon “Nahshon” 2
• עַמִּיהוּד ammihud “Ammihud” 2

Key verses

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

• Numbers 2:2 — Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father’s house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation…
• Numbers 2:3 — And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of…
• Numbers 2:10 — On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of…
• Numbers 2:17 — Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward,…
• Numbers 2:18 — On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of…
• Numbers 2:25 — The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
• Numbers 2:34 — And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after…
• Numbers 10:14 — In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
• Numbers 10:18 — And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
• Numbers 10:22 — And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
• Numbers 10:25 — And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer…
• Song of Solomon 2:4 — He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.

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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.