Gerem גֶּ֫רֶם

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Gerem (Hebrew גֶּ֫רֶם, Strong's H1634) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “bone”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) bone, strength, bare?, self?
1a) bone
1b) strength, strong-boned
1c) self?, bare? (of stairs)
Aramaic equivalent: ge.rem (גְּרַם "bone" H1635)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	bones (2), strong (1), top (1), bone (1)
BSB	strong (1), bare (1), his limbs (1), bones (1), bone (1)

Every verse with Gerem, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis 49:14
Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.

2 Kings 9:13
Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.Quickly, each man took his garment and put it under Jehu on the bare steps. Then they blew the ram’s horn and proclaimed, “Jehu is king!”

Job 40:18
His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.His bones are tubes of bronze; his limbs are rods of iron.

Proverbs 17:22
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 25:15
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.

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).