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
“Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid; he remains secure, though the Jordan surges to his mouth.”
“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!”
“Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,”
“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.”
“Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.”
““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).