Strong's Lexicon

H1634

H1634 — גֶּרֶם

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

Hebrewgeremnoun mascOccurrences: 5TWOT: 382a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1634
Word:	גֶּרֶם
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H1633
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	5
Transliteration:	gerem
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	gheh'-rem
Meaning:	1. a bone (as the skeleton of the body) 2. (hence) self, i.e. (figuratively) very
KJV Renderings:	bone, strong, top.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB1747

גֶּ֫רֶם noun [masculine] bone, strength, self (?) (Arabic [untranscribed source text 1004] body, Aramaic גְּרַם, [untranscribed source text 1005] bone, self) — absolute גָּ֑רֶם Gen 49:14 + 2 t.; construct גֶּרֶם 2Kgs 9:13 suffix גְּרָמָיו Job 40:18

1. bone Prov 17:22 (collective) Prov 25:15 of behemoth (hippopotamus) Job 40:18 (|| עצם q. v.)

2. strength Gen 49:14 חֲמֹר גָּ֑רֶם strong ass (literally bony, so VB ).

3. self (compare עצם), 2Kgs 9:13 גֶּרֶם הַמַּעֲלוֺת so Ges Ew Ke, but text dubious, see conjectures in Klo.

BDB9420

[גְּרַם] noun [masculine] bone (Biblical Hebrew גֶּ֫רֶם; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic [untranscribed source text 5965] Schulth^{Lex. 46}); — plural suffix גַּרְמֵיהוֺן Dan 6:25.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

גָּרֶם (geh’-rem)

Genesis 49:14

KJV: Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:

EHCC: Issachar (is) a strong ass couchin;

Job 40:18

KJV: his bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.

EHCC: Ais bones (are) like bars of iron.

Proverbs 17:22

KJV: A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.like: or, to

EHCC: a broken spirit drieth the bones.

Proverbs 25:15

KJV: By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

EHCC: soft tongue breaketh the bone.

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