King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H4230
Transliteration: mechugah
Phonetic Spelling: (mekk-oo-gaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a compass
Meaning: an instrument for, marking a, circle, compasses
Word Summary
mechugah: a compass
Original Word: מְחוּגָהTransliteration: mechugah
Phonetic Spelling: (mekk-oo-gaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a compass
Meaning: an instrument for, marking a, circle, compasses
Strong's Concordance
compass From chuwg; an instrument for marking a circle, i.e. Compasses -- compass.
see HEBREW chuwg
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4230. mechugah
מְחוּגָה noun feminine circle-instrument, compass, used by carvers of idols יְתָֽאֳרֵ֑הוּ וּבַמְּחוּגָה Isaiah 44:13.
I. חוד (√ of following; Arabic is decline, turn aside, avoid, hence perhaps riddle, as indirect, obscure).