The meaning of “גִּיחוֹן”
Understanding Gîychôwn reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or (shortened) גִּחוֹן Gichôwn (ghee-khone'); from גִּיחַ; stream Gihon. - § Gihon = "bursting forth" - Gichon, a river ...
גִּיחוֹן
or (shortened) גִּחוֹן Gichôwn (ghee-khone'); from גִּיחַ; stream Gihon. - § Gihon = "bursting forth" - Gichon, a river of Paradise - also a valley (or pool) near Jerusalem 1) one of the four rivers of the Garden of Eden 2) a spring near Jerusalem where the anointing and proclaiming of Solomon as king took place
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 2:13 | “And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.” Word: גִּיחוֹן (Gîychôwn) | |
| 1 Kings 1:38 | “So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.” Word: גִּיחוֹן (Gîychôwn) | |
| 2 Chronicles 33:14 | “Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.” Word: גִּיחוֹן (Gîychôwn) |