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גִּיחוֹן H1521

H1521 is the Hebrew word גִּיחוֹן, transliterated Gîychôwn and said ghee-khone'. The King James Version most often renders it gihon.

Word: גִּיחוֹןTransliteration: GîychôwnSaid: ghee-khone'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 6 verses

What it means

Gichon, a river of Paradise; also a valley (or pool) near Jerusalem.

Where it comes from

or (shortened) גִּחוֹן; from H1518 (גִּיחַ)lemma גּיחַ missing vowel, corrected to גִּיחַ; stream.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 6 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

gihon 6×

Strong's own list of renderings: Gihon.

Verses using גִּיחוֹן

All 6 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 2:13 · KJV

And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

1 Kings 1:33 · KJV

The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:

1 Kings 1:38 · KJV

So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.

1 Kings 1:45 · KJV

And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.

2 Chronicles 32:30 · KJV

This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

2 Chronicles 33:14 · KJV

Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.

Common questions

What does Strong's H1521 mean?

H1521 is the Hebrew word גִּיחוֹן (Gîychôwn), meaning Gichon, a river of Paradise; also a valley (or pool) near Jerusalem.

How is H1521 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it gihon (6 times).

How many times does H1521 appear in the Bible?

גִּיחוֹן (Gîychôwn) is tagged in 6 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H1521 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or (shortened) גִּחוֹן; from H1518 (גִּיחַ)lemma גּיחַ missing vowel, corrected to גִּיחַ; stream.

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