גֵּז
gêz · gaze
a fleece (as shorn); also mown grass
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1494 (גַּזָז);
a fleece (as shorn); also mown grass
- a fleece (as shorn)
- also, mown grass
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fleece, mowing, mown grass.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › to cut, to sustain
To carry, to lift up that works to cut, to sustain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גֵּז 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.
- of the fleece1 · 25%
- with the fleece1 · 25%
- upon the mown1 · 25%
- mowings1 · 25%
Where it is used, by book.
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.