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Lexicon :: Strong's H1521 - gîḥôn

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גִּיחוֹן
Transliteration
gîḥôn
Pronunciation
ghee-khone'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 345a

Strong’s Definitions

גִּיחוֹן Gîychôwn, ghee-khone'; or (shortened) גִּחוֹן Gichôwn; from H1518; stream; Gichon, a river of Paradise; also a valley (or pool) near Jerusalem:—Gihon.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H1521 in the following manner: Gihon (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H1521 in the following manner: Gihon (6x).
  1. Gihon = "bursting forth"

    1. one of the four rivers of the Garden of Eden

    2. a spring near Jerusalem where the anointing and proclaiming of Solomon as king took place

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גִּיחוֹן Gîychôwn, ghee-khone'; or (shortened) גִּחוֹן Gichôwn; from H1518; stream; Gichon, a river of Paradise; also a valley (or pool) near Jerusalem:—Gihon.
STRONGS H1521: Abbreviations
גִּיחוֺן proper name, of a river (a bursting forth) —
1. one of the rivers of Eden Genesis 2:13 (on theories of identity see Commentaries; also SmithDict. Bible Schaff-HerzogArt. Eden SpurrellText of Gen. on the passage RiHWB).
2. spring of water near Jerusalem: גִּחוֺן 1 Kings 1:33, 38, 45, מֵימֵי גִיחוֺן הָעֶלְיוֺן 2 Chronicles 32:30, לְגִיחוֺן בַּנַּחַל 2 Chronicles 33:14; — there are two main theories as to locality:
a. west of Jerusalem, connected with Birket Mamilla, and aqueduct into city RobBR i. 239, 345 ff. SurveyJerusalem and others;
b. east of Jerusalem = Fountain of the Virgin, FurrerSchenkel BL ii. 483 BdPal 101, or Siloah water-system GutheZPV, v., 1882, 359 ff.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:13

1 Kings

1:33; 1:38; 1:45

2 Chronicles

32:30; 33:14

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Strong's Number H1521 matches the Hebrew גִּיחוֹן (gîḥôn),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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