sagi · much, great, many

What it means

sagi (שַׂגִּיא) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “much, great, many”.

(Aramaic).

How to say it

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

1. Abundant in amount, or very great in size or importance (Aramaic).

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• great ×3
• abundant ×2
• many ×2
• much ×2
• was greatly ×2
• greatly ×1
• was very ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Ezra×1
• Daniel×12

• Ezra 5:11

  And thus they returned an answer to us, saying: ‘We are the servants of the Elah of the heavens and the earth, and we are building the house that was built many years before this; and a great king of Israel built it and finished it.

• Daniel 2:6

  But if you declare the dream and its interpretation, gifts and a reward and great honor you will receive from before me. Therefore declare to me the dream and its interpretation.”

• Daniel 2:12

  Because of this the king became angry and was furious very much, and he said to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

• Daniel 2:31

  You, O king, were looking, and look, a great image was there, that image was large and its brightness extraordinary; it stood before you, and its appearance was terrifying.

• Daniel 2:48

  Then the king made Daniel great and gave him many great gifts, and he made him ruler over all the province of Babylon and chief of the prefects over all the wise men of Babylon.

• Daniel 4:10

  And these were the visions of my head on my bed: I was looking, and look, a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great.

• Daniel 4:12

  Its foliage was beautiful and its fruit abundant, and there was food for all in it; under it the animals of the field found shade, and in its branches the birds of the heavens lived, and from it all flesh was fed.

• Daniel 4:21

  and whose foliage was beautiful and its fruit abundant, and in which there was food for all in it, under which the animals of the field lived, and in whose branches the birds of the heavens dwelt:

• Daniel 5:9

  Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled, and his color changed on him, and his nobles were perplexed.

• Daniel 6:14

  Then the king, when he heard the word, was greatly displeased, and on Daniel he set his mind to deliver him; and until the going down of the sun he was striving to rescue him.

• Daniel 6:23

  Then the king was very glad about it, and he said to bring Daniel up from the den. And Daniel was brought up from the den, and no harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his Elah.

• Daniel 7:5

  And look, another beast, a second, like a bear, and it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth; and they were saying this to it: ‘Arise, devour much flesh.’

• Daniel 7:28

  Here is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts greatly troubled me, and my color changed on me, but the matter I kept in my heart.”