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Sunday, May 5th, 2024
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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #1658 - גִּשְׁפָּא
Transliteration
Gishpâʼ
Phonetics
ghish-paw'
Root Word (Etymology)
of uncertain derivation
Parts of Speech
proper masculine noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
Gispa = “caress”
1) an officer of the temple slaves returning from exile with Nehemiah
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
KJV (1)
Nehemiah
1
NAS (1)
Nehemiah
1
HCS (1)
Nehemiah
1
BSB (1)
Nehemiah
1
ESV (1)
Nehemiah
1
WEB (1)
Nehemiah
1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
גִּשְׁמָּא proper name, masculine named afterצִיחָא as an officer of Nethinim Nehemiah 11:21; see om. B; ᵐ5 L & Manuscripts Γεσφα; name not elsewhere in OT, not even "" 1 Chronicles 9; possibly corrupted from חֲשֻׂפָא Nehemiah 7:46 (following צִחָא; in "" Ezra 2:43 חֲשׁוּפָא, צִיחָא), ᵐ5 Ἁσφα (B; Manuscripts Ασειφα, etc.); compare BeRy.
גשׁר (√ of following compare Assyrian gašâru, strengthen, make firm Lotz TPRegister; Arabic 
be bold, also arch a bridge, compare 
, 
bridge, Late Hebrew גֶּשֶׁר id., Aramaic גִּישְׁרָא, 
, 
).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
גִּשְׁפָּא pr.n. m. (“soothing”), [Gispa], Nehemiah 11:21.
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List of Word Forms
וְגִשְׁפָּ֖א וגשפא vegishPa wə·ḡiš·pā wəḡišpā
