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Strong's #1521 - גִּחוֹן

Transliteration
Gîychôwn
Phonetics
ghee-khone', ghee-khone'
Origin
from (H1518)
Parts of Speech
Proper Name Masculine
TWOT
345a
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

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

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (6)
Genesis 1
1 Kings 3
2 Chronicles 2
NAS (6)
Genesis 1
1 Kings 3
2 Chronicles 2
HCS (6)
Genesis 1
1 Kings 3
2 Chronicles 2
BSB (7)
Genesis 2
1 Kings 3
2 Chronicles 2
ESV (6)
Genesis 1
1 Kings 3
2 Chronicles 2
WEB (6)
Genesis 1
1 Kings 3
2 Chronicles 2
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 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 Smith Dict. Bible Schaff-Herzog Art. Eden Spurrell Text of Gen. on the passage Ri HWB).

2 spring of water near Jerusalem: גִּחוֺן 1 Kings 1:33,38,45, מֵימֵיגִיחוֺן 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 Rob BR i. 239,345 ff. Survey Jerusalem and others;

b. east of Jerusalem = Fountain of the Virgin, Furrer Schenkel BL ii. 483 Bd Pal 101, or Siloah water-system Guthe ZPV, v., 1882,359 ff.

גֵּיחֲזִי see below גַּיְא.


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List of Word Forms
בְּגִח֗וֹן בגחון גִּחֽוֹן׃ גִּיח֑וֹן גִיחוֹן֙ גחון׃ גיחון לְגִיח֨וֹן לגיחון bə·ḡi·ḥō·wn begiChon bəḡiḥōwn gi·ḥō·wn gî·ḥō·wn ḡî·ḥō·wn giChon giḥōwn gîḥōwn ḡîḥōwn lə·ḡî·ḥō·wn legiChon ləḡîḥōwn
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