גָּזַּה
gâzzah · gaz-zaw'
a fleece
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine from H1494 (גַּזָז);
a fleece
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fleece.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › to cut, to sustain › to reveal, behold
To carry, to lift up that works to cut, to sustain that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גָּזַּה 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a fleece1 · 14%
- be on the fleece1 · 14%
- the fleece1 · 14%
- out of the fleece1 · 14%
- with the fleece1 · 14%
- only upon the fleece1 · 14%
- upon the fleece1 · 14%
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.