שִׁגָּעוֹן
shigaon · madness
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7697 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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shigaon (שִׁגָּעוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “madness”.
How to say it
shi·ga·on
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To lose one's judgment, act without restraint or reason.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- madness ×2
- like a madman ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Deuteronomy 28:28
YHWH will strike you with madness and with blindness and with bewilderment of heart.
- 2 Kings 9:20
The watchman reported, saying, “He came to them, but he has not come back. And the driving is like the driving of Jehu son of Nimshi, for he drives like a madman.”
- Zechariah 12:4
On that day, declares YHWH, I will strike every horse with bewilderment, and its rider with madness; but on the house of Judah I will open my eyes, and every horse of the peoples I will strike with blindness.