Strong's Hebrew · H1518

גִּיחַ

gîyach · ghee'-akh

break forth, labor to bring forth, come forth, draw up, take out.

Definition

to gush forth (as water), generally to issue

Derivation

or (shortened) גֹּחַ; a primitive root;

Appears 6 times in Scripture

Job 40:23

Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid; he remains secure, though the Jordan surges to his mouth.

Micah 4:10

Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!

Job 38:8

Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,

Judges 20:33

So all the men of Israel got up from their places and arrayed themselves at Baal-tamar, and the Israelites in ambush charged from their positions west of Gibeah.

Psalms 22:9

Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.

Ezekiel 32:2

“Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’

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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).

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