גָּדָה
ga.dah
“bank”
Definition
a border of a river (as cut into by the stream)
from an unused root (meaning to cut off);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
גָּדָה appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
the Lord will surely bring against themthe mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates —the king of Assyria and all his pomp.It will overflow its channelsand overrun its banks.
Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge,
When the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the Jordan and their feet touched the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their course and overflowed all the banks as before.
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