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גֶּשֶׁם H1655

H1655 is the Hebrew word גֶּשֶׁם, transliterated geshem and said gheh'-shem. The King James Version most often renders it body.

Word: גֶּשֶׁםTransliteration: geshemSaid: gheh'-shemLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 5 verses

What it means

used in a peculiar sense, the body (probably for the (figuratively) idea of a hard rain).

Where it comes from

(Aramaic) apparently the same as H1653 (גֶּשֶׁם).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 5 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

body 3×whose bodies 1×bodies 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: body.

Verses using גֶּשֶׁם

All 5 verses, quoted in full.

Daniel 3:27 · KJV

And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.

Daniel 3:28 · KJV

Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

Daniel 4:33 · KJV

The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.

Daniel 5:21 · KJV

And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.

Daniel 7:11 · KJV

I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.

Common questions

What does Strong's H1655 mean?

H1655 is the Hebrew word גֶּשֶׁם (geshem), meaning used in a peculiar sense, the body (probably for the (figuratively) idea of a hard rain).

How is H1655 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it body (3 times), whose bodies (1 time), bodies (1 time).

How many times does H1655 appear in the Bible?

גֶּשֶׁם (geshem) is tagged in 5 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H1655 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: (Aramaic) apparently the same as H1653 (גֶּשֶׁם).

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