גַּנָּה
gannâh · gan-naw'
a garden
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H1588 (גַּן);
a garden
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: garden.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
To carry, to lift up of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גַּנָּה 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.
- gardens3 · 25%
- as gardens1 · 8%
- in his garden1 · 8%
- me gardens1 · 8%
- for the gardens1 · 8%
- and as a garden1 · 8%
- and as the garden1 · 8%
- in gardens1 · 8%
- themselves in the gardens1 · 8%
- when your gardens1 · 8%
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.