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Shiggaion

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

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

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

a song of trouble or comfort

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