גֵּרָא
Gêrâʼ · gay-raw'
Gera, the name of six Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: perhaps from H1626 (גֵּרָה); a grain;
Gera, the name of six Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Gera.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the head, the highest › strength, the leader
To carry, to lift up of the head, the highest of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גֵּרָא 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 · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of gera5 · 56%
- and gera3 · 33%
- gera1 · 11%
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.