גֶּזַע
gezaʻ · geh'-zah
the trunk or stump of atree (as felled or as planted)
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to cut down (trees);
the trunk or stump of atree (as felled or as planted)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: stem, stock.
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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › to cut, to sustain › to see and know
To carry, to lift up that works to cut, to sustain that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גֶּזַע 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the stock1 · 33%
- out of the stem1 · 33%
- yea, their stock1 · 33%
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.