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Lexicon :: Strong's H1517 - gîḏ

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גִּיד
Transliteration
gîḏ
Pronunciation
gheed
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from גּוּד (H1464)
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TWOT Reference: 344a

Strong’s Definitions

גִּיד gîyd, gheed; probably from H1464; a thong (as compressing); by analogy, a tendon:—sinew.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H1517 in the following manner: sinew (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H1517 in the following manner: sinew (7x).

  1. sinew

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גִּיד gîyd, gheed; probably from H1464; a thong (as compressing); by analogy, a tendon:—sinew.
STRONGS H1517: Abbreviations
† גִּיד noun masculineGen 32:33 sinew (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic גִּידָא, bdb016107; compare Arabic bdb016108 neck) — construct גִּיד Genesis 32:33 [Genesis 32:32] (twice in verse); Isaiah 48:4; plural גִּידִים Job 10:11; Ezekiel 37:6, גִּדִים Ezekiel 37:8; construct גִּידֵי Job 40:17; — sinew, in general of human body, || בשׂר, עור, עצמות, Job 10:11 compare Ezekiel 37:6, 8 of thigh Genesis 32:33 [Genesis 32:32] (of beast) Genesis 32:33 [Genesis 32:32]; iron sinew, figurative of obstinacy, Isaiah 48:4 נְחוּשָׁה וּמִצְחֲך עָרְפֶּ֑ךָ בַּרְזֶל וג׳; of hippopotamus, פחדו ג׳, i.e. of his loins, Job 40:17.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

32:32; 32:32

Job

10:11; 10:11; 40:17; 40:17

Isaiah

32:32; 48:4; 48:4

Ezekiel

37:6; 37:6; 37:8; 37:8

H1517

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1517 matches the Hebrew גִּיד (gîḏ),
which occurs 7 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:32 - Therefore to this day the people of Israel do not eat the sinew of the thigh that is on the hip socket, because he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip on the sinew of the thigh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:11 - You clothed me with skin and flesh,
and knit me together with bones and sinews.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:17 - He makes his tail stiff like a cedar;
the sinews of his thighs are knit together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:4 - Because I know that you are obstinate,
and your neck is an iron sinew
and your forehead brass,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:6 - And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live, and you shall know that I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:8 - And I looked, and behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them. But there was no breath in them.
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