- Original: עגן - Transliteration: `agan - Phonetic: aw-gan' - Definition: 1. (Niphal) to shut oneself in or off or up - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1562 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to debar that is from marriage: - stay. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • stay, 1 Ruth 1:13