גִּרְגָּשִׁי
Girgâshîy · ghir-gaw-shee'
a Girgashite, one of the native tribes of Canaan
Lexicon
Derivation: patrial from an unused name (of uncertain derivation);
a Girgashite, one of the native tribes of Canaan
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Girgashite, Girgasite.
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
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- 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
- 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 head, the highest › to carry, to lift up › to consume, to destroy › the hand that works
To carry, to lift up of the head, the highest that works to carry, to lift up that works to consume, to destroy of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גִּרְגָּשִׁי 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the girgashites5 · 71%
- and the girgasite1 · 14%
- and the girgashite1 · 14%
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.