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Strong's #1517 - גִּיד
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1050) dc (גד GD) AC: Slice CO: ? AB: ?: (eng: gut - used to make cordage in the same sense as the tendon)
A) dc (גד GD) AC: ? CO: Coriander AB: ?: A seed cut out of the plant. A prized spice.
Nm) dc (גד GD) - I. Coriander: II. Fortune:KJV (4): coriander, troop - Strongs: H1407 (גַּד), H1409 (גַּד)
B) ddc (גדד GDD) AC: ? CO: Band AB: ?
V) ddc (גדד GDD) - I. Band:To gather or assemble as a group for attacking or raiding. II. Slice:To cut something by slicing it. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (10): (vf: Paal) cut, gather together, assemble by troop, gather, hew - Strongs: H1413 (גָּדַד), H1414 (גְּדַד)
dm/f) dfdc (גדוד GDWD) - I. Band:A gathering of men for attacking or raiding. II. Slice:KJV (36): band, troop, army, company, men, furrow, cutting - Strongs: H1416 (גְּדוּד), H1417 (גְּדוּד)
df1) edfdc (גדודה GDWDH) - Slice: KJV (1): furrow - Strongs: H1418 (גְּדוּדָה)
H) edc (גדה GDH) AC: ? CO: Riverbank AB: ?: The water rushing by the bank undercuts a furrow inside the bank.
Nf) edc (גדה GDH) - Riverbank: KJV (4): bank - Strongs: H1415 (גָּדָה)
bf) eidc (גדיה GDYH) - Riverbank: KJV (1): bank - Strongs: H1428 (גַּדְיָה)
J) dfc (גוד GWD) AC: Invade CO: Band AB: ?: A group of men or things bound together.
V) dfc (גוד GWD) - Invade: The slicing through of a band of men. KJV (3): (vf: Paal) overcome, invade with troops - Strongs: H1464 (גּוּד)
nf1) edfca (אגודה AGWDH) - Band: A group of men or things bound together. KJV (4): troop, bunch, burdens - Strongs: H92 (אֲגֻדָּה)
M) dic (גיד GYD) AC: ? CO: Sinew AB: ?: The animals tendon is used for making bowstrings and cords. The tendon is removed by making a slit in the flesh for its removal. The sinews are used for making cordage and bowstrings.
Nm) dic (גיד GYD) - Sinew: KJV (7): sinew - Strongs: H1517 (גִּיד)
Adopted Roots:
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
; compare Arabic 
neck) — construct גִּיד Genesis 32:33 (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 (of beast) 32:33; iron sinew, figurative of obstinacy, Isaiah 48:4 בַּרְזֶל עָרְמֶּ֑ךָ וּמִצְחֲךָ נְחוּשָׁה׳וג; of hippopotamus, פחדו׳ג, i.e. of his loins, Job 40:17.
גִּיד an unused root, having the Signification to bind, to couple, like the Arab. قاد Med. Ye Conj. II. to bind with fetters, قَيْدُ a bond, a fetter, a thong, and with a prefixed guttural עָקַד, אָכַד اكد, אָגַד (perhaps אָחַד, אָחַז). In the western languages compare the root gaden, gatten, i.e. to couple; whence Gatte, Gattung, Kette, (catena), etc. Hence
גִּיד m.
(1) a thread, a thong, Isaiah 48:4, of a stiff-necked people, גִּיד בַּרְזֶל עָרְפֶּךָ “thy neck is an iron thread,” or rod.
(2) a nerve, tendon, Ch. גִּידָא, Syr. ܓܝܳܕܐܳ, Gen. 32:33 pl. Ezekiel 37:8; Job 10:11, 40:17.
