Bible Dictionary: Sag

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. i.) To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges.

2. (v. i.) Fig.: To lose firmness or elasticity; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.

3. (v. i.) To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.

4. (v. t.) To cause to bend or give way; to load.

5. (n.) State of sinking or bending; sagging.

Greek

4522. sagene -- a dragnet
... a dragnet. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: sagene Phonetic Spelling:
(sag-ay'-nay) Short Definition: a fishing-net Definition: a fishing-net. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7690. saggi -- great, much
... 7689, 7690. saggi. 7691 . great, much. Transliteration: saggi Phonetic
Spelling: (sag-ghee') Short Definition: great. Word Origin ...
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4355. makak -- to be low or humiliated
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to be low or humiliated NASB Word Usage brought
low (1), sag (1), sank down (1). be brought low, decay. ...
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6448. pasag -- to pass between
... 6447, 6448. pasag. 6449 . to pass between. Transliteration: pasag Phonetic
Spelling: (paw-sag') Short Definition: through. Word Origin a prim. ...
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5464. sagrir -- steady or persistent rain
... 5463, 5464. sagrir. 5465 . steady or persistent rain. Transliteration:
sagrir Phonetic Spelling: (sag-reed') Short Definition: rain. ...
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7689. saggi -- great
... 7688, 7689. saggi. 7690 . great. Transliteration: saggi Phonetic Spelling:
(sag-ghee') Short Definition: exalted. Word Origin from ...
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5381. nasag -- to reach, overtake
... 5380, 5381. nasag. 5382 . to reach, overtake. Transliteration: nasag Phonetic
Spelling: (naw-sag') Short Definition: overtake. Word Origin a prim. ...
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5253. nasag -- departing away, remove, take hold, turn away
... 5252, 5253. nasag. 5254 . departing away, remove, take hold, turn away.
Transliteration: nasag Phonetic Spelling: (naw-sag') Short Definition: away. ...
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Library

The Pilgrim's Progress
... I thought that was that city, quoth I; I went once myself through that town, and,
therefore, know that this report you give of it is true. SAG. ... SAG. ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/the pilgrims progress.htm

That More Might be Given and Gotten.
... The Hannah story belongs in the first of these ebb-tides; the first bad
sag; the first deep gap. The giant lawgiver is long gone. ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks on prayer/that more might be given.htm

"Here we Suffer Grief and Pain. "
... O tuh min wan dah gwud! Uh pe oo je che sag, Moon zhug che wah bun de yung! 2 E
gewh a nuh me ah jig Ke zhig oong tuh e zhah wug, Uh pe goo ne boo waud. Oh! ...
/.../nuhguhmoowin 36 p m here.htm

Editor's Preface
... At one time we find the Babylonian prince En-sag(sag)-ana capturing Kis and its
king; at another time it is a king of Kis who makes offerings to the god of ...
/.../history of egypt chaldaea syria babylonia and assyria v 1/editors preface.htm

On the Way to Thebes
... The hills made high lifted horizons, undulating toward the east, serrated toward
the west. In the sag between there was no human companionship abroad. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xxi on the way.htm

Leadership for Service
... "Just for a handful of silver he left us, just for a ribbon to stick in his coat."
Some leaders blunder and learn better; some sag to lower levels but plod on ...
/.../the social principles of jesus/chapter vii leadership for service.htm

Appendices
... II. BABYLONIAN CHRONOLOGY. En-sag-saganna, king of Kengi. Lugal-zaggisi, king of
Erech, founds an empire in western Asia cir. BC5000 (?). KINGS OF LAGAS, cir. ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/appendices.htm

Thesaurus

Sag (1 Occurrence)
... by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean,
give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way ...
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Babel (3 Occurrences)
... Other canals in the city were called Merodach and Libilkhegala. In the southern
portion of the city was located the famous temple E-sag-ila. ...
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Babylon (270 Occurrences)
... Other canals in the city were called Merodach and Libilkhegala. In the southern
portion of the city was located the famous temple E-sag-ila. ...
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Trap (35 Occurrences)
... 8. (n.) A bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil pipe, sewer, etc.,
arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents passage of air ...
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Rehoboth-ir (1 Occurrence)
... One of the groups expressing its name is composed of the characters Sag-uru, or,
dialectically, Sab-eri, the second element being the original of the Hebrew `ir ...
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Rehobothir
... One of the groups expressing its name is composed of the characters Sag-uru, or,
dialectically, Sab-eri, the second element being the original of the Hebrew `ir ...
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Seal (47 Occurrences)
... entrance or return of gas or air into a pipe, by which the open end of the pipe
dips beneath the surface of water or other liquid, or a deep bend or sag in the ...
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Safron (1 Occurrence)

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Sagacious (1 Occurrence)

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Bible Concordance

Sag (1 Occurrence)

Ecclesiastes 10:18 When no work is done the roof goes in, and when the hands do nothing water comes into the house.
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Subtopics

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