Madrêgâh — H4095

Definition

feminine noun

properly, a step; by implication, a steep or inaccessible place

1. steep place, steep

Usually translated as

stair, steep place

Origin

from an unused root meaning to step

Greek equivalents

• pháranx (G5327)

Occurrences

Madrêgâh occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Song of Songs (1), Ezekiel (1)

• Song of Songs 2:14 — O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs (הַמַּדְרֵגָ֔ה), let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
• Ezekiel 38:20 — So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places (הַמַּדְרֵג֔וֹת) shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.