Strong's Hebrew · H1572

גָּמָא

gâmâʼ · gaw-maw'

swallow, drink.

Definition

to absorb

Derivation

a primitive root (literally or figuratively) to absorb

Appears 2 times in Scripture

Genesis 24:17

So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.”

Job 39:24

Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.

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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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