גָּעַשׁ
gâʻash · gaw-ash'
to agitate violently
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root
to agitate violently
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: move, shake, toss, trouble.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › to see and know › to consume, to destroy
To carry, to lift up that works to see and know that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גָּעַשׁ 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shook3 · 30%
- are moved2 · 20%
- and shook1 · 10%
- shall be troubled1 · 10%
- and were shaken1 · 10%
- thereof toss1 · 10%
- and be moved1 · 10%
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.