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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #1659 - גָּשַׁשׁ
Transliteration
gâshash
Phonetics
gaw-shash'
Origin
a primitive root
Parts of Speech
verb
TWOT
391
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- to feel with the hand, grope, stroke, feel
- (Piel) to grope, grope for, feel with the hand
Greek Equivalent Words:
Frequency Lists
- Book
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Verse Results

ASV (2)
Isaiah
2
BSB (2)
Isaiah
2
CSB (2)
Isaiah
2
ESV (2)
Isaiah
2
KJV (2)
Isaiah
2
LEB (2)
Isaiah
2
LSB (2)
Isaiah
2
N95 (2)
Isaiah
2
NAS (2)
Isaiah
2
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (2)
Isaiah
2
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions
1067) sc (גסה GSh) AC: ? CO: ? AB: ?
B) ssc (גסהסה GShSh) AC: Grope CO: ? AB: ?
V) ssc (גסהסה GShSh) - Grope: KJV (2): (vf: Piel) grope - Strongs: H1659 (גָּשַׁשׁ)
M) sic (גיסה GYSh) AC: ? CO: Clod AB: ?
Nm ) sic (גיסה GYSh) - Clod: A dirt clod. [df: swg] KJV (1): clod - Strongs: H1487 (גִּישׁ)
AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2025
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
[גשׁשׁ] verb feel with the hand, feel, stroke (Late Hebrew id., Arabic
, Aramaic גְשַׁשׁ Pa`el,
; Ethiopic
or
stroke, touch) —
Pi`el Imperfect 1 plural cohortative נְגַשֲׁשָׁ֫ה Isaiah 59:10, נְגַשֵּׁ֑שָׁה ib., grope, grope for compare Che.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
גָּשַׁשׁ a root only used in Piel, to feel, to seek by feeling, to grope, with acc. Isaiah 59:10. (Arab. جَسَّ, Aram. ܓܫܰ and ܓܫܳ id., but generally trop. to explore.) Kindred to קָשַׁשׁ.
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List of Word Forms
נְגַֽשְׁשָׁ֤ה נְגַשֵּׁ֑שָׁה נגששה nə·ḡaš·šāh nə·ḡaš·šê·šāh negashShah negashSheshah nəḡaššāh nəḡaššêšāh