Word

גֵּרוּת

gêrûwth · H1628 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. Geruth Kimham

    A location near Bethlehem where the Judeans on their way to Egypt broke their journey, during the time of Jeremiah

    Examples

    Jeremiah 41:17 And they went and stayed in Geruth Chimham, which is beside Bethlehem, in order to proceed into Egypt

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 3 words
מָעוֹן mâʻôwn · H4583 · dwelling place, den, lair
A distinct Hebrew noun (from root עון) denoting dwelling place or habitation; semantically overlaps with גֵּרוּת as a place of residence.
מוֹשָׁב môwshâb · H4186 · location, situation, dwelling
A distinct Hebrew noun (from root ישב) meaning dwelling place or habitation; can denote a place where one resides, similar to גֵּרוּת.
נָוֶה nâveh · H5116 · dweller, habitation, abode
A distinct Hebrew noun (from root נוה) meaning habitation or dwelling place; semantically parallel to גֵּרוּת as a place of abode.
In the other Testament 1 word
κατοικία katoikía · G2733 · dwelling place, dwelling
Standard Greek translation equivalent for Hebrew terms denoting habitation or dwelling place; both refer to a place of residence or dwelling.
Semantic domains 1 entry
Names of Locations003001010
Geruth Chimham names a lodging place near Bethlehem where the remnant of Judah stayed before fleeing to Egypt after Gedaliah's assassination.
Word family 7 words
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1628. Geruth גּרוּת noun feminine lodging (- place) — לחם בית אצל אשׁר כִּמְוהָם…
H1628. Geruth
גּרוּת noun feminine lodging (- place) — לחם בית אצל אשׁר כִּמְוהָם בְּגֵרוּת וישׁבו Jer 41:17, inn, khan? so Ew Gf; Hi and others גִּדְרוֺת folds, after Joseph. Aq

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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