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HebrewH1615Noun (Masculine)

גִּר

gir

1Occurrences
H1615Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

lime (from being burned in a kiln)

perhaps from H3564 (כּוּר);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
chalk, lime Aramaic equivalent: gir (*גִּיר *"plaster" H1528)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

גִּר appears 1 time in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Isaiah
1

Key Passages

Isaiah 27:9BSB

Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for,and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this:When he makes all the altar stoneslike crushed bits of chalk,no Asherah poles or incense altarswill remain standing.

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