H107 - אִגֶּרֶת (ʼiggereth)

H107 אִגֶּרֶת (ʼiggereth) ig-eh'-reth

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

letter

Strong's Definition

an epistle

Derivation: feminine of H104 (אִגְּרָא);

KJV Usage: letter.

TWOT Reference: 23b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) letter, missive

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1992

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

letter, missive Aramaic equivalent: ig.g.ra (אִגְּרָא "letter" H0104)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אִגֶּרֶת iggereth BDB Definition: 1) letter, missive Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H104 Same Word by TWOT Number: 23b Total KJV Occurrences: 10

Bible Occurrences (10)

30:1 30:6

2:7 2:8 2:9 6:5 6:17 6:19

9:26 9:29

2 Chronicles 30:1

Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 30:6

At the command of the king, the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.

Nehemiah 2:7

I also said to [him], If it pleases the king, may letters be given to me for the governors west of the Euphrates, so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach... Judah.

Nehemiah 2:8

And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s... forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.... And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.

Nehemiah 2:9

Then I went to the governors west of the Euphrates and gave them the king’s letters. The king had also sent army officers and cavalry with me.

Nehemiah 6:5

The fifth time, Sanballat sent me... this same message by his young servant, who had in his hand an unsealed letter

Nehemiah 6:17

Also in those days, the nobles of Judah sent many letters... to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters kept coming to them.

Nehemiah 6:19

Moreover, these nobles kept reporting to me Tobiah’s good deeds, and they relayed my words to him.... And Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me.