גְּשֵׁם
ge.shem
“body”
Definition
used in a peculiar sense, the body (probably for the (figuratively) idea of a hard rain)
(Aramaic) apparently the same as H1653 (גֶּשֶׁם);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
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Occurrences
גְּשֵׁם appears 4 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
and when the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisers had gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men. Not a hair of their heads was singed, their robes were unaffected, and there was no smell of fire on them.
Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.
He was driven away from mankind, and his mind was like that of a beast. He lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he acknowledged that the Most High God rules over the kingdom of mankind, setting over it whom He wishes.
Then I kept watching because of the arrogant words the horn was speaking. As I continued to watch, the beast was slain, and its body was destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire.
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