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the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31

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Strong's #1521 - גִּחוֹן

Transliteration

Gîychôwn

Phonetics

ghee-khone', ghee-khone'

Origin

from (H1518)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

345a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

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

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (6)

Genesis 1

1 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 2

BSB (6)

Genesis 1

1 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 2

CSB (6)

Genesis 1

1 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 2

ESV (6)

Genesis 1

1 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 2

KJV (6)

Genesis 1

1 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 2

LEB (6)

Genesis 1

1 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 2

LSB (6)

Genesis 1

1 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 2

N95 (6)

Genesis 1

1 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 2

NAS (6)

Genesis 1

1 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (6)

Genesis 1

1 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

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 Smith^{Dict. Bible} Schaff-Herzog^{Art. Eden} Spurrell^{Text of Gen.} on the passage Ri^HWB).

2 spring of water near Jerusalem: גִּחוֺן 1 Kings 1:33,38,45, מֵימֵיגִיחוֺן 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 Rob^{BR i. 239,345 ff.} Survey^Jerusalem and others;

b. east of Jerusalem = Fountain of the Virgin, Furrer^{Schenkel BL ii. 483} Bd^{Pal 101}, or Siloah water-system Guthe^{ZPV, v., 1882,359 ff}.

גֵּיחֲזִי see below גַּיְא.

List of Word Forms

בְּגִח֗וֹן בגחון גִּחֽוֹן׃ גִּיח֑וֹן גִיחוֹן֙ גחון׃ גיחון לְגִיח֨וֹן לגיחון bə·ḡi·ḥō·wn begiChon bəḡiḥōwn gi·ḥō·wn gî·ḥō·wn ḡî·ḥō·wn giChon giḥōwn gîḥōwn ḡîḥōwn lə·ḡî·ḥō·wn legiChon ləḡîḥōwn