דֶּגֶלdegel

standard, banner, particularly of separate tribes of Israel (Numbers 10:14; Numbers 2:2; Numbers 2:3; Numbers 1:52; Numbers 2:17)

Pronunciation: deh'-gel · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1714

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 14 times in the Bible.

  • Numbers 1:52 Each tribe of Israel will camp in a designated area with its own family banner.
  • Numbers 2:2 “When the Israelites set up camp, each tribe will be assigned its own area. The tribal divisions will camp beneath their family banners on all four sides of the Tabernacle, but at some distance from it.
  • Numbers 2:3 -“The divisions of Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun are to camp toward the sunrise on the east side of the Tabernacle, beneath their family banners. These are the names of the tribes, their leaders, and the numbers of their registered troops:TribeLeaderNumberJudah Nahshon son of Amminadab74,600
  • Numbers 2:10 So the total of all the troops on Reuben’s side of the camp is 151,450. These three tribes will be second in line whenever the Israelites travel.
  • Numbers 2:17 -Asher Pagiel son of Ocran41,500
  • Numbers 2:18 -NaphtaliAhira son of Enan 53,400
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).