גֶּשֶׁם
geshem · gheh'-shem
a shower
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1652 (גָּשַׁם);
a shower
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: rain, shower.
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
- 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 › to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To carry, to lift up that works to consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גֶּשֶׁם 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
35 occurrences · 35 OT · 0 NT · 23 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- rain9 · 26%
- and the rain3 · 9%
- of rain3 · 9%
- the rain3 · 9%
- shower2 · 6%
- you rain1 · 3%
- because there had been no rain1 · 3%
- that the rain1 · 3%
- and for the great rain1 · 3%
- of much rain1 · 3%
- for rain1 · 3%
- without rain1 · 3%
- for as the rain1 · 3%
- for there was no rain1 · 3%
- and i will cause the shower1 · 3%
- there shall be showers1 · 3%
- unto us as the rain1 · 3%
- for you the rain1 · 3%
- them showers1 · 3%
- even upon them shall be no rain1 · 3%
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.