גְּרָר
Gᵉrâr · gher-awr'
Gerar, a Philistine city
Lexicon
Derivation: probably from H1641 (גָּרַר); a rolling country;
Gerar, a Philistine city
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Gerar.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the head, the highest › the head, the highest
To carry, to lift up of the head, the highest of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גְּרָר 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of gerar3 · 30%
- in gerar2 · 20%
- to gerar1 · 10%
- unto gerar1 · 10%
- to him from gerar1 · 10%
- them unto gerar1 · 10%
- gerar1 · 10%
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.