Biblica Analytica
H1896 Hebrew

הֵגֵא

he.ge

Hegai

Lexicon Entry

Definition
Hegai
Transliteration
he.ge
Strong's Number
H1896
Occurrences
4
Semantic Domain
Proper Name: Person

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

What Original Readers Understood

Supported

# Analysis of Hegai (H1896) Based on the lexical data provided, Hegai is a proper noun appearing four times in the Hebrew Bible. As a name rather than a common word with semantic range, it does not carry a meaning that can be analyzed through definition. Instead, it functions as a personal identifier within the biblical text. The limited occurrence of this name (only four attestations) suggests it refers to a specific individual of minor to moderate prominence in the biblical narrative. Without additional lexical data regarding the etymology, social role, or narrative context of this figure, the analysis remains constrained to noting that Hegai is exclusively used as a proper name—a designation for a particular person rather than a concept or object with variable usage across different biblical contexts. To understand the significance of Hegai within biblical literature would require consulting the passages where the name appears, which falls outside the scope of lexical analysis alone. The lexicon data confirms only that this is a biblical name with limited textual distribution.

Source data & methodology
Strong's
H1896
Lemma
הֵגֵא
Transliteration
he.ge
Definition
Hegai
Occurrences
4
Model
claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
Prompt version
1

AI synthesis uses only the lexicon data above as context — never training knowledge.

Occurrences in Scripture

4 total occurrences across the text