דָּגָן dagan

Hebrew word for “grain” · Strong’s H1715 · used 40 times in 40 verses

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Meaning

wheat, cereal, grain, corn

How it is translated

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

• grain 38
• like the grain 1
• when grain 1

Where it is used

Also in 3 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Nehemiah 5 (4), Hosea 2 (3), Genesis 27 (2), Numbers 18 (2), Nehemiah 13 (2), Joel 1 (2), Deuteronomy 7 (1), Deuteronomy 11 (1), Deuteronomy 12 (1), Deuteronomy 14 (1)

Forms

• דגן 17
• הדגן 8
• דגנך 6
• ודגן 4
• דגנם 2
• כדגן 1
• והדגן 1
• דגני 1

Words used with it

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

• תִּירוֹשׁ tirosh “new wine” 29
• יִצְהָר yitshar “oil” 20
• מַעֲשֵׂר maaser “tithe” 5
• צֹאן tson “flock” 6
• תְּרוּמָה terumah “contribution” 4
• כֶּרֶם kerem “vineyard” 4
• אֲדָמָה adamah “land” 4
• רָבָה ravah “to multiply” 4
• רֵאשִׁית reshit “first” 3
• ךָּ ka “you” 5
• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 5
• עַשְׁתָּרוֹת ashterah “young” 2

Key verses

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

• Genesis 27:28 — Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
• Deuteronomy 12:17 — Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows…
• Deuteronomy 33:28 — Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
• Psalms 65:9 — Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so…
• Isaiah 62:8 — The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the…
• Jeremiah 31:12 — Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for…
• Ezekiel 36:29 — I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.
• Hosea 2:8 — For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.
• Hosea 7:14 — And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
• Hosea 9:1 — Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.
• Joel 1:10 — The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
• Zechariah 9:17 — For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.

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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.