Lexical Definition

‎שַׂגִּיא‎ saggîyʼ (sag-ghee') greatly ^A:A
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎שַׂגִּיא‎

exceeding, great(-ly); many, much, sore, very.

• large (in size, quantity or number, also adverbial)

adj
1) great, much
1a) great
1b) much, many
adv
2) exceedingly

See Greek: μέγας · σφόδρα

Extended Information

Aramaic of: שַׂגִּיא

• adj
• adv

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שַׂגִּרא‎ adjective great, much — absolute ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ Dan 2:6 +, feminine plural ‎שֵׂגִּיאָן‎ Dan 2:48; Ezra 5:11 —
l. great, of image Dan 2:31 (in vision), height of tree Dan 4:7* (id.); of honour Dan 2:6.

2. much, fruit Dan 4:9*; Dan 4:18*, flesh Dan 7:5 plural many, years Ezra 5:11, gifts Dan 2:48.

3. as adverb exceedingly, Dan 2:12; Dan 5:9; Dan 6:15*; Dan 6:24*; Dan 7:28.

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