Strong's Lexicon

H1423

H1423 — גְּדִי

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewgdiynoun mascOccurrences: 16TWOT: 314b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1423
Word:	גְּדִי
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from the same as H1415
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	16
Transliteration:	gdiy
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	ghed-ee'
Meaning:	1. a young goat (from browsing)
KJV Renderings:	kid.

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גְּדי noun masculine^{Gen 27:9} kid (Late Hebrew id., Arabic [untranscribed source text 810], Phoenician גדא, Aramaic גַּדְיָא, [untranscribed source text 811]; compare Assyrian gadû , gadiia, Meissn^{ZA iv. 1889,
286} Zehnpf^{BAS i. 505}) — גְּדִי Gen 38:17 + 12 t. (absolute Gen 38:23 +, & (generally) construct Gen 38:17 +); plural גְּדָיִים 1Sam 10:3, construct גְּדָיֵי Gen 27:9; Gen 27:16 — kid, almost always עִזָּֽים ׳ ג Gen 27:9; Gen 27:16; Gen 38:17; Gen 38:20; Judg 6:19; Judg 13:15; Judg 13:19; Judg 15:1; 1Sam 16:20 absolute Exod 23:19 ; Exod 34:26 ; Deut 14:21 (all בחלב אמו ׳ לא תבשׁל ג), & with article ׳ הַגּ Gen 38:23; Judg 14:6 absolute plural 1Sam 10:3 — compare also עֵין גֶּ֫דִי.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

גדי (g’dee)

Genesis 27:9

KJV: Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:

EHCC: from thence two good kids of

Genesis 38:17

KJV: And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?a kid: Heb. a kid of the goats

EHCC: 6end (thee) ₪ Aid from the flock. (marg.

Exodus 28:19

KJV: And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

EHCC: & 34:26. Thou shalt not seethe a kid

Deuteronomy 14:21

KJV: Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

EHCC: Thou shalt not seethe a hid

Judges 6:19

KJV: And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.a kid: Heb. a kid of the goats

EHCC: made ready a kid, (marg. a hid of the

Judges 18:15

KJV: And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.saluted…: Heb. asked him of peace

EHCC: have made ready a kid for thee. (lit. id)

Judges 14:6

KJV: And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.

EHCC: as he would have rent a hid,

Judges 15:1

KJV: But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.

EHCC: Samson visited his wife with a kid; (lit

1 Samuel 10:8

KJV: And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.

EHCC: one carrying three bids,

1 Samuel 16:20

KJV: And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.

EHCC: a bottle of wine, ard a hid, (lit. and a kid

Isaiah 11:6

KJV: The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

EHCC: shall lie down with the hid;