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Strong's #1378 - גָּבִישׁ

Transliteration

gâbîysh

Phonetics

gaw-beesh'

Origin

from an unused root

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TWOT

311a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) crystal

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (1)

Job 1

NAS (1)

Job 1

HCS (1)

Job 1

BSB (1)

Job 1

ESV (1)

Job 1

WEB (1)

Job 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2053) s b c (גבסה GBSh) AC: ? CO: Crystal AB: ?

b^m ) s i b c (גביסה GBYSh) - Crystal: KJV (1): pearl - Strongs: H1378 (גָּבִישׁ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

גָּבִישׁ noun masculine crystal (compare אֶלְגָּבִישׁ hail — on relation of meanings compare Greek κρύσταλλος, & Ethiopic usage of

Di^{Lex. Aeth.759 —} Arabic

gypsum, Assyrian gibšu, mass, abundance, COT^Gloss) — רָא֯מוֺת וְגָבִישׁ Job 28:18 coral and crystal.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

גָּבִישׁ (from גָּבַשׁ) pr. ice (see אֶלְגָּבִישׁ ); trop. used for crystal, which is like ice, and was in fact regarded as ice (Plin. H. N. xxxvii. 2), compare Gr. κρύσταλλος, and Eth. እብነ፡ በረድ፡ hailstone and crystal. It occurs once, Job 28:18.

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List of Word Forms

וְ֭גָבִישׁ וגביש Vegavish wə·ḡā·ḇîš wəḡāḇîš