גְּרִזִים
Gᵉrizîym · gher-ee-zeem'
Gerizim, a mountain of Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: plural of an unused noun from H1629 (גָּרַז) (compare H1511 (גִּזְרִי)), cut up (i.e. rocky);
Gerizim, a mountain of Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Gerizim.
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
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 › the head, the highest › to cut, to sustain › the hand that works › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To carry, to lift up of the head, the highest that works to cut, to sustain of the hand that works of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גְּרִזִים 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- gerizim4 · 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.