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HebrewH1630Noun

גְּרִזִים

ge.ri.zim

4Occurrences
H1630Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Gerizim, a mountain of Palestine

plural of an unused noun from H1629 (גָּרַז) (compare H1511 (גִּזְרִי)), cut up (i.e. rocky);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Gerizim = "cuttings off" a mountain in northern Israel in Ephraim near Shechem from which the blessings were read to the Israelites on entering Canaan; site of the Samaritan temple built after the captivity

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

גְּרִזִים appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Deuteronomy
2
Judges
1
Joshua
1

Key Passages

Deuteronomy 11:29BSB

When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

Deuteronomy 27:12BSB

“When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

Judges 9:7BSB

When this was reported to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and cried out:“Listen to me, O leaders of Shechem,and may God listen to you.

Joshua 8:33BSB

All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.