Aramaic word · H7690

שַׂגִּיא

sagi'

greatly

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears 13 times in 13 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament. ·

What it means

adj

1) great, much

1a) great

1b) much, many

adv

2) exceedingly

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Ezra · 1
  1. Ezra 5:11 שַׂגִּיאָ֔ן many

    And this is the answer they returned: “We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed.

Daniel · 12
  1. Daniel 2:6 שַׂגִּ֔יא great

    But if you tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. So tell me the dream and its interpretation.”

  2. Daniel 2:12 שַׂגִּ֑יא exceedingly

    This response made the king so angry and furious that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

  3. Daniel 2:31 שַׂגִּ֔יא great

    As you, O king, were watching, a great statue appeared. A great and dazzling statue stood before you, and its form was awesome.

  4. Daniel 2:48 שַׂגִּיאָן֙ many

    Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many generous gifts. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon.

    Here: "Many." The gifts were both large and many. The same adjective described the huge statue in the dream (2:31) and the "great honour" promised in 2:6.

  5. Daniel 4:10 שַׂגִּֽיא׃ [was] great

    In these visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this come to pass: There was a tree in the midst of the land, and its height was great.

  6. Daniel 4:12 שַׂגִּ֔יא [was] plentiful

    Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit was abundant, and upon it was food for all. Under it the beasts of the field found shelter, in its branches the birds of the air nested, and from it every creature was fed.

  7. Daniel 4:21 שַׂגִּ֔יא [was] plentiful

    whose foliage was beautiful and whose fruit was abundant, providing food for all, under which the beasts of the field lived, and in whose branches the birds of the air nested—

  8. Daniel 5:9 שַׂגִּ֣יא exceedingly

    Then King Belshazzar became even more terrified, his face grew even more pale, and his nobles were bewildered.

  9. Daniel 6:14 שַׂגִּיא֙ exceedingly

    As soon as the king heard this, he was deeply distressed and set his mind on delivering Daniel, and he labored until sundown to rescue him.

  10. Daniel 6:23 שַׂגִּיא֙ exceedingly

    The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den, and when Daniel was lifted out of the den, no wounds whatsoever were found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

    Here: Used as an adverb, "very much." The same word strengthened the king's distress in 6:14, so the narrator measures his joy against his earlier dismay.

  11. Daniel 7:5 שַׂגִּֽיא׃ much

    Suddenly another beast appeared, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. So it was told, ‘Get up and gorge yourself on flesh!’

  12. Daniel 7:28 שַׂגִּ֣יא׀ exceedingly

    Thus ends the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts troubled me greatly, and my face turned pale. But I kept the matter to myself.”

    Here: 'Greatly, exceedingly.' Placed early for emphasis: the alarm was intense, not a passing unease.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.