Gur גּוּר
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| גּוּר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | gur |
| Strong's number | H1482 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | whelp |
| Occurrences | 7 in 7 verses |
| Most frequent in | Ezekiel (3) |
Gur (Hebrew גּוּר, Strong's H1482) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “whelp”. It occurs 7 times in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
cub, whelp, young
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | whelp (3), whelps (3), ones (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | her cubs (3), is a young (1), cub (1), their young (1), cubs (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Gur, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 49:9Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?Judah is a young lion— my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 33:22And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.Concerning Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s cub, leaping out of Bashan.”
Lamentations
- Lamentations 4:3Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like an ostrich in the wilderness.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 19:2And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.
- Ezekiel 19:3And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
- Ezekiel 19:5Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.When she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.
Nahum
- Nahum 2:11Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid?Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).