Strong's Hebrew · H1517
גִּיד
gîyd · gheed
sinew.
Definition
a thong (as compressing); by analogy, a tendon
Derivation
probably from H1464 (גּוּד);
Appears 7 times in Scripture
“You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.”
“I will attach tendons to you and make flesh grow upon you and cover you with skin. I will put breath within you so that you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’””
“Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.”
“His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.”
“As I looked on, tendons appeared on them, flesh grew, and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.”
“For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).