גִּיחַ
gîyach · ghee'-akh
to gush forth (as water), generally to issue
Lexicon
Derivation: or (shortened) גֹּחַ; a primitive root;
to gush forth (as water), generally to issue
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: break forth, labor to bring forth, come forth, draw up, take out.
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
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the hand that works › to separate and protect
To carry, to lift up of the hand that works that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גִּיחַ 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- came forth1 · 17%
- when it brake forth1 · 17%
- that he can draw up1 · 17%
- but thou art he that took1 · 17%
- and thou camest forth1 · 17%
- and labour to bring forth1 · 17%
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.