The meaning of “גֵּז”
Understanding gêz reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
fleece, mowing, mown grass. - a fleece (as shorn) - also mown grass 1) a shearing, mowing 1a) shearing, that sheared off...
גֵּז
fleece, mowing, mown grass. - a fleece (as shorn) - also mown grass 1) a shearing, mowing 1a) shearing, that sheared off 1b) a mowing, mown grass
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Deuteronomy 18:4 | “The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.” Word: גֵּז (gêz) | |
| Job 31:20 | “If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;” Word: גֵּז (gêz) | |
| Psalms 72:6 | “He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.” Word: גֵּז (gêz) | |
| Amos 7:1 | “Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings.” Word: גֵּז (gêz) |