גִּיחוֹן
Used: 6 times · Key: 1521 · BDB: גִּיחוֹן
Glosses
Gihon (4); [is].Gihon (1); of.Gihon (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
Gihon tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.pr.fl. tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.pr.fl. (a bursting forth)— one of the rivers of Eden Gn 2:13 (on theories of identity v. Comm.; also SmithDict. Bible Schaff-HerzogArt. Eden SpurrellText of Gen. ad loc. RiHWB). spring of water near Jerusalem: גִּחוֹן 1 K 1:33, 38, 45, מֵימֵי גִוחוֹן הָעֶלְיוֹן 2 Ch 32:30, לְגִיחוֹן בַּנַּחַל 2 Ch 33:14;—there are two main theories as to locality: W. of Jerusalem, connected with Birket Mamilla, and aqueduct into city RobBR i. 239, 345 ff. SurveyJerusalem al.; E. of Jerusalem = Fountain of the Virgin, FurrerSchenkelBL ii. 463 BdPal. 101, or Siloah water-system GutheZPV, v., 1882, 359 ff.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «גִּיחוֹן» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
וְשֵֽׁם־הַנָּהָ֥ר הַשֵּׁנִ֖י גִּיח֑וֹן ה֣וּא הַסּוֹבֵ֔ב אֵ֖ת כָּל־אֶ֥רֶץ כּֽוּשׁ׃
Word for word: and the.name of the.river (the) second [is].Gihon it [is].the [one.which].goes.around (et) all the.land of.Cush
JPS 1917: And the name of the second river is Gihon; the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.
וְה֣וּא יְחִזְקִיָּ֗הוּ סָתַם֙ אֶת־מוֹצָ֞א מֵימֵ֤י גִיחוֹן֙ הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן וַֽיַּישְּׁרֵ֥ם לְמַֽטָּה־מַּעְרָ֖בָה לְעִ֣יר דָּוִ֑יד וַיַּצְלַ֥ח יְחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ בְּכָֽל־מַעֲשֵֽׂהוּ׃
Word for word: and that Hezekiah he.stopped.up (et) the.outlet of.the.waters of.Gihon (the) upper and he directed.them (to) downwards westward of the.city of.David and he.prospered Hezekiah in every deed his
JPS 1917: This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
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