Gome גֹּ֫מֶא
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| גֹּ֫מֶא | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | gome |
| Strong's number | H1573 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | reed |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (2) |
Gome (Hebrew גֹּ֫מֶא, Strong's H1573) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “reed”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
rush, reed, papyrus
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | bulrushes (2), rush (1), rushes (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | papyrus (3), does papyrus (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Gome, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Exodus
- Exodus 2:3And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
Job
- Job 8:11Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?
Isaiah
- Isaiah 18:2That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.
- Isaiah 35:7And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.
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).