Strong's Lexicon

H1508

H1508 — גִּזרָה

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

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Hebrewgizrahnoun femOccurrences: 8TWOT: 340c

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1508
Word:גִּזרָה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:feminine of H1506
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:8
Transliteration:gizrah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:ghiz-raw'
Meaning:1. the figure or person (as if cut out) 2. also an inclosure (as separated)
KJV Renderings:polishing, separate place.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB1603

גִּזְרָה noun feminine cutting, separation — גִּזְרָה Ezek 41:12 + 6 t.; suffix גִּזְרָתָם Lam 4:7 —

1. cutting, i.e. polishing ( AV RV or carving, i.e. beauty of from, shape, compare VB ) סַפִּיר גִּזְרָתָם Lam 4:7 their polishing, (or beauty of form) was as sapphire.
2. separation, הַגִּזְרָה Ezek 41:12 ; Ezek 41:13; Ezek 41:14; Ezek 41:15; Ezek 42:1; Ezek 42:10; Ezek 42:13, separate place AV RV compare Da; i.e. yard, or space adjoining temple on three sides.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

גזרה (giz-rah’)

Lamentations 4:7

KJV: Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:
EHCC: their polishing (was) of sapphire:

Ezekiel 41:12

KJV: Now the building that was before the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits.
EHCC: before the ped etad toh -

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