Gid גִּיד
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| גִּיד | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | gid |
| Strong's number | H1517 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | sinew |
| Occurrences | 7 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (2) |
Gid (Hebrew גִּיד, Strong's H1517) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “sinew”. It occurs 7 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
sinew
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | sinews (4), sinew (3) |
|---|---|
| BSB | sinews (2), tendons (2), tendon (1), near that tendon (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Gid, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 32:32Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon which is at the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.
Job
- Job 10:11Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.
- Job 40:17He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 48:4Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 37:6And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.I will attach tendons to you and make flesh grow upon you and cover you with skin. I will put breath within you so that you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
- Ezekiel 37:8And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.As I looked on, tendons appeared on them, flesh grew, and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.
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).