Strong's Lexicon

H1627

H1627 — גָּרוֹן גָּרוֹן

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

Hebrewgarownnoun mascOccurrences: 8TWOT: 378a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1627
Word:גָּרוֹן גָּרוֹן
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H1641
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:8
Transliteration:garown
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:gaw-rone' (or (shortened) garon {gaw-rone'}) n-m.
Meaning:1. the throat (as roughened by swallowing)
KJV Renderings:X aloud, mouth, neck, throat.

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BDB1577

[גורן] Jer 2:25 גורנך Kt see גָּרוֺן .


BDB1735

גָּרוֺן noun masculine Ps 69:4 neck, throat (connection with above √ dubious; Thes Rob-Ges (compare MV) from גרה in (assumed) sense of גרר of a dragging, scraping sound; compare מְגֵרָה; yet √ perhaps גרן q. v.; Arabic [untranscribed source text 991] (sub [untranscribed source text 992] Frey Lane) front part of neck of camel, etc.) — ׳ ג Isa 3:16; Isa 58:1 suffix גְּרוֺנִי Ps 69:4 גְּרוֺנֵךְ Ezek 16:11 + Jer 2:25 Qr ( Kt גורנך); גְּרוֺנָם Ps 115:7; Ps 149:6, גְּרֹנָם Ps 5:10 — throat;

1. of the visible exterior (front) of throat, neck ׳ נְטֻו֯וֺת ג Isa 3:16 outstretched of neck (= with outstretched neck); וְרָבִיד עַלגְּֿרוֺנֵךְ Ezek 41:19 and a chain upon thy neck.
2. throat, as capable of thirst Jer 2:25 as organ of speech קְרָא בְגָרוֺן Isa 58:1 (|| הָרֵם קוֺלֶ֑ךָ), ׳ לֹא יֶהְגּוּ בִּג Ps 115:7 also רוֺמֲמוֺת אֵל בִּגְרוֺנָם Ps 149:6 high songs to God (be) in their throat; compare נִחַר גְּרוֺנִי Ps 69:4 my throat is parched (|| יָגַעְתִּי בְקָרְאִי); so also קֶבֶרפָּֿתוּחַ גְּרֹנָם Ps 5:10 their throat is an opened sepulchre.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

גרון (gah-rohn’)

Psalms 5:9

KJV: For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.faithfulness: or, stedfastnesstheir mouth: Heb. his mouth, that is, the mouth of any of themvery…: Heb. wickednesses
EHCC: (10). their throat (is) an open sepulcbre ;

Psalms 115:7

KJV: They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
EHCC: speak they through their throat. .

Psalms 149:6

KJV: Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;mouth: Heb. throat
EHCC: high (praises) of God (be) in their mouth, 0

Jeremiah 2:25

KJV: Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.There…: or, Is the case desperate?
EHCC: and thy throat from thirst:

Ezekiel 16:11

KJV: I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.
EHCC: 8 chain on thy nek, .
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