The meaning of “גֹּרֶן”
Understanding gôren reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
(barn, corn, threshing-) floor, (threshing-, void) place. - a threshing-floor (as made even) - by analogy, any open area...
גֹּרֶן
(barn, corn, threshing-) floor, (threshing-, void) place. - a threshing-floor (as made even) - by analogy, any open area 1) threshing-floor 2) (TWOT) barn, barn floor, corn floor, void place
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 50:11 | “And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel–mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.” Word: גֹּרֶן (gôren) | |
| Judges 6:37 | “Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.” Word: גֹּרֶן (gôren) | |
| 2 Samuel 24:18 | “And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.” Word: גֹּרֶן (gôren) | |
| 2 Chronicles 18:9 | “And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.” Word: גֹּרֶן (gôren) | |
| Jeremiah 51:33 | “For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.” Word: גֹּרֶן (gôren) |
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