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Lexicon :: Strong's H1518 - gîaḥ

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גִּיחַ
Transliteration
gîaḥ
Pronunciation
ghee'-akh
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 345

Strong’s Definitions

גִּיחַ gîyach, ghee'-akh; or (shortened) גֹּחַ gôach; a primitive root; to gush forth (as water), generally to issue:—break forth, labor to bring forth, come forth, draw up, take out.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H1518 in the following manner: come forth (3x), take (1x), bring forth (1x), draw up (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H1518 in the following manner: come forth (3x), take (1x), bring forth (1x), draw up (1x).

  1. to burst forth

    1. (Qal)

      1. to burst forth

      2. to draw forth

      3. to bring forth

    2. (Hiphil) to break forth

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גִּיחַ gîyach, ghee'-akh; or (shortened) גֹּחַ gôach; a primitive root; to gush forth (as water), generally to issue:—break forth, labor to bring forth, come forth, draw up, take out.
STRONGS H1518: Abbreviations
† [גִּיחַ, גּוּחַ] verb burst forth (compare NöZMG 1883, 538; Late Hebrew id., Aramaic id., and oxg; Ethiopic ጎሐ፡ break forth, of light, etc.) —
Qal Imperfect יָגִיחַ Job 40:23, masculine singular וַתָּ֫גַח Ezekiel 32:2; Imperative feminine singular גֹּ֫חִי Micah 4:10; Infinitive suffix (בְּ)גִיחו Job 38:8; Participle suffix גֹּחִ֫י Psalm 22:10 (but compare below); —
1. intransitive burst forth, of dashing river (a very Jordan) Job 40:23; of sea figurative as babe from womb Job 38:8, compare
2. transitive
a. draw forth from womb (subject י׳) Psalm 22:10 (where read גָּחִ֫י participle from גּוּחַ, or regard גֹּחִי as metaplastic, as if from גחח*? see De & Checritical note) compare Psalm 71:6; also
b. thrust forth, bring forth, rather 'break forth (with that which is to be born),' figurative of travail, applied to Jerusalem in distress Micah 4:10 (compare Sta§ 599 b Köi. 505); burst forth with rivers (figurative of Pharaoh under image of תַּנִּים) Ezekiel 32:2, but for בנהרותיך (rivers) read probably בִּנְחִרוֺתֶיךָ Job 41:12 (nostrils), i.e. snort with thy nostrils, so Ew Co; on figurative then compare Job 41:11-13.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

38:8; 38:8; 40:23; 40:23; 41:11; 41:12; 41:12; 41:13

Psalms

22:10; 22:10; 71:6

Ezekiel

32:2; 32:2

Micah

4:10; 4:10

H1518

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1518 matches the Hebrew גִּיחַ (gîaḥ),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:33 -

So all the men of Israel got up from their places and took their battle positions at Baal-tamar, while the Israelites in ambush charged out of their places west of[fn] Geba.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:8 -

Who enclosed the sea behind doors

when it burst from the womb,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:23 -

Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid;

he remains confident, even if the Jordan surges up to his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:9 -

It was you who brought me out of the womb,

making me secure at my mother’s breast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:2

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“Son of man, lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him,

‘You compare yourself to a lion of the nations,

but[fn] you are like a monster[fn] in the seas.

You thrash about in your rivers,

churn up the waters with your feet,

and muddy the[fn] rivers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 4:10

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Writhe and cry out,[fn] Daughter Zion,

like a woman in labor,

for now you will leave the city

and camp in the open fields.

You will go to Babylon;

there you will be rescued;

there the LORD will redeem you

from the grasp of your enemies!

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