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the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #1658 - גִּשְׁפָּא

Transliteration

Gishpâʼ

Phonetics

ghish-paw'

Origin

of uncertain derivation

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Gispa = "caress"
1. an officer of the temple slaves returning from exile with Nehemiah

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Nehemiah 1

BSB (1)

Nehemiah 1

CSB (1)

Nehemiah 1

ESV (1)

Nehemiah 1

KJV (1)

Nehemiah 1

LEB (1)

Nehemiah 1

LSB (1)

Nehemiah 1

N95 (1)

Nehemiah 1

NAS (1)

Nehemiah 1

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

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, , ).

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