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Lexicon :: Strong's H1521 - gîḥôn

Aa
גִּיחוֹן
Transliteration
gîḥôn
Pronunciation
ghee-khone'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 345a

Strong’s Definitions

גִּיחוֹן Gîychôwn, ghee-khone'; or (shortened) גִּחוֹן Gichôwn; from H1518; stream; Gichon, a river of Paradise; also a valley (or pool) near Jerusalem:—Gihon.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H1521 in the following manner: Gihon (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H1521 in the following manner: Gihon (6x).

  1. Gihon = "bursting forth"

    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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גִּיחוֹן Gîychôwn, ghee-khone'; or (shortened) גִּחוֹן Gichôwn; from H1518; stream; Gichon, a river of Paradise; also a valley (or pool) near Jerusalem:—Gihon.
STRONGS H1521: Abbreviations
† גִּיחוֺן proper name, of a river (a bursting forth) —
1. one of the rivers of Eden Genesis 2:13 (on theories of identity see Commentaries; also SmithDict. Bible Schaff-HerzogArt. Eden SpurrellText of Gen. on the passage RiHWB).
2. spring of water near Jerusalem: גִּחוֺן 1 Kings 1:33, 38, 45, מֵימֵי גִיחוֺן הָעֶלְיוֺן 2 Chronicles 32:30, לְגִיחוֺן בַּנַּחַל 2 Chronicles 33:14; — there are two main theories as to locality:
a. west of Jerusalem, connected with Birket Mamilla, and aqueduct into city RobBR i. 239, 345 ff. SurveyJerusalem and others;
b. east of Jerusalem = Fountain of the Virgin, FurrerSchenkel BL ii. 483 BdPal 101, or Siloah water-system GutheZPV, v., 1882, 359 ff.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:13

1 Kings

1:33; 1:38; 1:45

2 Chronicles

32:30; 33:14

H1521

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1521 matches the Hebrew גִּיחוֹן (gîḥôn),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:13 - The name H8034 of the second H8145 river H5104 is Gihon; H1521 it [fn]flows H5437 around H5437 the whole H3605 land H776 of Cush. H3568

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:33 - The king H4428 said H559 to them, “Take H3947 with you the servants H5650 of your lord, H113 and have my son H1121 Solomon H8010 ride H7392 on my own mule, H6506 and bring H3381 him down H3381 to Gihon. H1521

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:38 - So Zadok H6659 the priest, H3548 Nathan H5416 the prophet, H5030 Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada, H3077 the Cherethites, H3774 and the Pelethites H6432 went H3381 down H3381 and had Solomon H8010 ride H7392 on King H4428 David’s H1732 mule, H6506 and brought H1980 him to Gihon. H1521

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:45 - “Zadok H6659 the priest H3548 and Nathan H5416 the prophet H5030 have anointed H4886 him king H4428 in Gihon, H1521 and they have come H5927 up from there H8033 rejoicing, H8056 so that the city H7151 is in an uproar. H1949 This H1931 is the noise H6963 which H834 you have heard. H8085

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - It was Hezekiah H2396 who stopped H5640 the upper H5945 outlet H4161 of the waters H4325 of Gihon H1521 and directed H3474 them to the west H4628 side H4628 of the city H5892 of David. H1732 And Hezekiah H2396 prospered H6743 in all H3605 that he did. H4639

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:14 - Now after H310 this H3651 he built H1129 the outer H2435 wall H2346 of the city H5892 of David H1732 on the west H4628 side H4628 of Gihon, H1521 in the valley, H5158 even to the entrance H935 of the Fish H1709 Gate; H8179 and he encircled H5437 the Ophel H6077 with it and made H1361 it very H3966 high. H1361 Then he put H7760 army H2428 commanders H8269 in all H3605 the fortified H1219 cities H5892 of Judah. H3063
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