How to Pronounce Higgaion
HIG-eye-on
Higgaion is pronounced HIG-eye-on (haɪˈgeɪən): three syllables, stress on the first. Also heard: hye-GAY-uhn.
What does Higgaion mean?
Higgaion means “meditation; consideration”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
What is Higgaion?
In Ps. 92:3 means the murmuring tone of the harp. In Ps. 9:16 it is a musical sign, denoting probably a pause in the instrumental interlude. In Ps. 19:14 the word is rendered “meditation;” and in Lam. 3:62, “device” (R.V., “imagination”).
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
Also pronounced
hye-GAY-uhn
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