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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #1574 - גֹּמֶד

Transliteration

gômed

Phonetics

go'-med

Origin

from an unused root apparently meaning to grasp

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

359a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

cubit
(CLBL) half-cubit-the measure between a cubit and a span-9 in (20 cm)

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Judges 1

BSB (1)

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CSB (1)

Judges 1

ESV (1)

Judges 1

KJV (1)

Judges 1

LEB (1)

Judges 1

LSB (1)

Judges 1

N95 (1)

Judges 1

NAS (1)

Judges 1

NLT (0)

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

WEB (1)

Judges 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2069) d m c (גמד GMD) AC: ? CO: ? AB: ?

N^m ) d m c (גמד GMD) - Gomed: A standard of measure. KJV (1): cubit - Strongs: H1574 (גֹּמֶד)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

גֹּ֫מֶד noun masculine cubit (from elbow to knuckles of clenched (contracted) hand; Aq on Ezekiel 27:11, Ra and others; Greek πυγμή; Late Hebrew גּוֺמֶד cubit; so Aramaic גַּרְמִידָא ChWB^{1. 155},

(lexicons)) — Judges 3:16 of Ehud's sword אָרְכָּהּ׳ג (see GFM).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

גֹּמֶד m. pr. a staff, rod, so called from being cut off (Zab. ܓܽܘܪܡܝܺܙܐܳ a staff; the letter ר being inserted, and also ז and ד interchanged, Ch. כּוּרְמִיזָא); hence a cubit, as the German dealers, in selling silk, use Stab for the measure of two cubits. Judges 3:16. (Syr. ܓܘܽܡܝܺܕܐܳ a cubit, ܓܘܽܪܡܝܺܕܐܳ, ܓܪܰ ܡܚܕܺܐܳ id.)

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List of Word Forms

גֹּ֣מֶד גמד gō·meḏ Gomed gōmeḏ