גָּדִישׁ
gâdîysh · gaw-deesh'
a stack of sheaves; by analogy, a tomb
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root (meaning to heap up);
a stack of sheaves; by analogy, a tomb
- a stack of sheaves
- by analogy, a tomb
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: shock (stack) (of corn), tomb.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the doorway, the way in › the hand that works › to consume, to destroy
To carry, to lift up of the doorway, the way in of the hand that works that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גָּדִישׁ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- so that the stacks of corn1 · 25%
- both the shocks1 · 25%
- like as a shock of corn1 · 25%
- in the tomb1 · 25%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.