BDB1490
[גָּדָה] noun feminine bank of river (compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 808], [untranscribed source text 809] id., Aramaic גּוּדָּא, wall), גְּדוֺתָיו Josh 3:15; Josh 4:18; 1Chr 12:16 Qr ( Kt גדיתיו) Isa 8:7.
Strong's Lexicon
H1415
H1415 — גָּדָה
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H1415 |
|---|---|
| Word: | גָּדָה |
| Part of Speech: | noun fem |
| Etymology: | from an unused root (meaning to cut off) |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | gadah |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | gaw-daw' |
| Meaning: | 1. a border of a river (as cut into by the stream) |
| KJV Renderings: | bank. |
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Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
גדה (gah-dah’)
Joshua 3:15
- KJV: And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
- EHCC: overfloweth all his banks
1 Chronicles 12:15
- KJV: These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.overflown: Heb. filled over
- EHCC: had overflown all his banks;