Gashash גָּשַׁשׁ
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| גָּשַׁשׁ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | gashash |
| Strong's number | H1659 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to grope |
| Occurrences | 2 in 1 verse |
Gashash (Hebrew גָּשַׁשׁ, Strong's H1659) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to grope”. It occurs 2 times in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to feel with the hand, grope, stroke, feel
1a) (Piel) to grope, grope for, feel with the hand
1a) (Piel) to grope, grope for, feel with the hand
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | grope (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | we feel our way along (1), groping (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Gashash, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Isaiah
- Isaiah 59:10We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead.
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).