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Shiggaion

From the verb shagah, “to reel about through drink,” occurs in the title of Ps. 7. The plural form, shigionoth, is found in Hab. 3:1. The word denotes a lyrical poem composed under strong mental emotion; a song of impassioned imagination accompanied with suitable music; a dithyrambic ode.

Also from Smith's (1884) +

(Psalms 7:1) a particular kind of psalm, the specific character of which is now not known perhaps a “wild, mournful ode.”

Scripture on Shiggaion

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Shiggaion references

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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