Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shiggaion"

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)

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.



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