גֹּלֶם
gôlem · go'-lem
a wrapped (and unformed mass, i.e. as the embryo)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1563 (גָּלַם);
a wrapped (and unformed mass, i.e. as the embryo)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: substance yet being unperfect.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › authority, the one who leads › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To carry, to lift up of authority, the one who leads of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גֹּלֶם 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
1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- my substance, yet being unperfect1 · 100%
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.