HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5699
עֲגָלָה
a.ga.lah — cart
cart, wagon
20 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Wagon
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6632
צָב
tsav — litter
a carrying vehicle, litter, covered wagon
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6248
ἄμαξα
amaxa — a wagon
1. a wagon, wain , opposite to the war-chariot ( ἅρμα), Lat. plaustrum, (Homer) 2. with genitive a wagon-load of , πετρῶν, σίτου (Xenophon Historicus) 3. the carriage of the plough , Lat. currus, (Hesiod):—; Charles' wain in the heavens, the Great Bear ( ἄρκτος), (Homer) 4. = ἁμαξιτός, [variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7447
ἐπισκευάζω
episkeuazō — to repair
1. to get ready, to equip, fit out , (Thucydides):—;Mid., ἐπισκευάζεσθαι ναῦν to have a ship equipped , (Thucydides) 2. τὰ χρήματα ἐφ᾽ ἁμαξῶν ἐπισκευάσαι to pack them upon wagons, (Xenophon Historicus) 3. to make afresh, to repair , Lat. reficere, (Thucydides) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
Heb. aghalah; so rendered in Gen. 45:19, 21, 27; 46:5; Num. 7:3, 7, 8, but elsewhere rendered “cart” (1 Sam. 6:7, etc.). This vehicle was used for peaceful purposes. In Ezek. 23:24, however, it is the rendering of a different Hebrew word, and denotes a war-chariot.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.