גֵּיחֲזִי
Gêychăzîy · gay-khah-zee'
Gechazi, the servant of Elisha
Lexicon
Derivation: or גֵּחֲזִי; apparently from H1516 (גַּיְא) and H2372 (חָזָה); valley of a visionary;
Gechazi, the servant of Elisha
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Gehazi.
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
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the hand that works › to separate and protect › to cut, to sustain › the hand that works
To carry, to lift up of the hand that works that works to separate and protect that works to cut, to sustain of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גֵּיחֲזִי 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
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to gehazi3 · 25%
- but gehazi2 · 17%
- and gehazi2 · 17%
- for her? and gehazi1 · 8%
- gehazi1 · 8%
- so gehazi1 · 8%
- comest thou, gehazi1 · 8%
- with gehazi1 · 8%
Where it is used, by book.
- 2 Kings12
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.