What does עֹנֶג (ʿōneg) mean in the Bible?
עֹנֶג (ʿōneg): Sensory delight or pleasure, often physical and luxurious; connotes indulgence rather than necessity
Hebrew · H6027
עֹנֶג
Luxury
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עֹנֶג H6027
Pronunciation ʿōneg
What does עֹנֶג (ʿōneg) mean in the Bible?
עֹנֶג (ʿōneg): Sensory delight or pleasure, often physical and luxurious; connotes indulgence rather than necessity
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H6027?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a delight (1), in her luxurious (1).
Where does עֹנֶג (ʿōneg) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Isaiah 13:22. Its strongest book concentrations include Isaiah (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It a delight 1× Isaiah 58:13
in her luxurious 1× Isaiah 13:22
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Isaiah 13:22
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
Isaiah 2
Source forms
עֹ֑נֶג 1x ‘ō·neḡ Isaiah 13:22
עֹ֗נֶג 1x ‘ō·neḡ Isaiah 58:13
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular 2x Isaiah 13:22, Isaiah 58:13
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Sensory delight or pleasure, often physical and luxurious; connotes indulgence rather than necessity
Source Gloss
luxury
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Sensory delight or pleasure, often physical and luxurious; connotes indulgence rather than necessity
luxury BDB: dantiness Usage: delight, pleasant.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
Sabbath observance as a source of pleasure and spiritual joy before God
Showing 1 selected witness from 2 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
עֹנֶג is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain