גְּשׁוּר
Gᵉshûwr · ghesh-oor'
Geshur, a district of Syria
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root (meaning to join); bridge;
Geshur, a district of Syria
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Geshur, Geshurite.
Letters
- 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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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 › to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
To carry, to lift up that works to consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גְּשׁוּר 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 · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of geshur3 · 33%
- to geshur2 · 22%
- but the geshurites1 · 11%
- from geshur1 · 11%
- at geshur1 · 11%
- geshur1 · 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.