גַּת
Gath · gath
Gath, a Philistine city
Lexicon
Derivation: the same as H1660 (גַּת);
Gath, 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: Gath.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the mark, the covenant sign
To carry, to lift up of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גַּת 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
33 occurrences · 33 OT · 0 NT · 22 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of gath9 · 27%
- in gath4 · 12%
- to gath4 · 12%
- even unto gath2 · 6%
- at gath2 · 6%
- unto gath1 · 3%
- for gath1 · 3%
- tidings to gath1 · 3%
- it not in gath1 · 3%
- him from gath1 · 3%
- be in gath1 · 3%
- from gath1 · 3%
- against gath1 · 3%
- gath1 · 3%
- and gath1 · 3%
- him in gath1 · 3%
- ye it not at gath1 · 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.