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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'

1) to feel with the hand, grope, stroke, feel

1a) (Piel) to grope, grope for, feel with the hand

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 5584 ‑ ψηλαφάω (psay‑laf‑ah'‑o);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (2)

Isaiah 2

NAS (2)

Isaiah 2

HCS (2)

Isaiah 2

BSB (2)

Isaiah 2

WEB (0)

WEB (2)

Isaiah 2

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1067) s c (גסה GSh) AC: ? CO: ? AB: ?

B) s s c (גסהסה GShSh) AC: Grope CO: ? AB: ?

V) s s c (גסהסה GShSh) - Grope: KJV (2): (vf: Piel) grope - Strongs: H1659 (גָּשַׁשׁ)

M) s i c (גיסה GYSh) AC: ? CO: Clod AB: ?

N^m ) s i c (גיסה GYSh) - Clod: A dirt clod. [df: swg] KJV (1): clod - Strongs: H1487 (גִּישׁ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[גשׁשׁ] verb feel with the hand, feel, stroke (Late Hebrew id., Arabic

, Aramaic גְשַׁשׁ Pa`el,

; Ethiopic

stroke, touch) —

Pi`el Imperfect 1 plural cohortative נְגַשֲׁשָׁ֫ה Isaiah 59:10, נְגַשֵּׁ֑שָׁה ib., grope, grope for compare Che.

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