Strong's Lexicon

H1517

H1517 — גִּידּ

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

Hebrewgiydnoun mascOccurrences: 7TWOT: 344a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1517
Word:	גִּידּ
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	probably from H1464
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	7
Transliteration:	giyd
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	gheed
Meaning:	1. a thong (as compressing) 2. by analogy, a tendon
KJV Renderings:	sinew.

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BDB1616

גִּיד noun masculine^{Gen 32:33} sinew (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic גִּידָא, [untranscribed source text 886]; compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 887] neck) — construct גִּיד Gen 32:33 (twice in verse); Isa 48:4 plural גִּידִים Job 10:11; Ezek 37:6, גִּדִים Ezek 37:8 construct גִּידֵי Job 40:17 — sinew, in general of human body, || בשׂר, עור, עצמות, Job 10:11 compare Ezek 37:6; Ezek 37:8 of thigh Gen 32:33 (of beast) 32:33; iron sinew, figurative of obstinacy, Isa 48:4 בַּרְזֶל עָרְפֶּ֑ךָ וּמִצְחֲךָ נְחוּשָׁה ׳ וג; of hippopotamus, פחדו ׳ ג, i.e. of his loins, Job 40:17.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

גיד (geed)

Job 10:11

KJV: Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.fenced: Heb. hedged

EHCC: hast fenced me with bones and sinews

Job 40:17

KJV: He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.He…: or, He setteth up

EHCC: the sinews of his stones

Isaiah 48:4

KJV: Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;obstinate: Heb. hard

EHCC: and thy neck (is) an iron sinew,

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