גִּיד
gîyd · gheed
a thong (as compressing); by analogy, a tendon
Lexicon
Derivation: probably from H1464 (גּוּד);
a thong (as compressing); by analogy, a tendon
- a thong (as compressing)
- by analogy, a tendon
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: sinew.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the hand that works › the doorway, the way in
To carry, to lift up of the hand that works of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גִּיד 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 · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- not of the sinew1 · 14%
- in the sinew1 · 14%
- and sinews1 · 14%
- the sinews1 · 14%
- sinew1 · 14%
- sinews1 · 14%
- lo, the sinews1 · 14%
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.