Word Study · Strong's H1521 · Hebrew
גִּיחוֹן
Gichon
ghee-khone'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Gîychôwn
“Gichon, a river of Paradise”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Gichon, a river of Paradise; also a valley (or pool) near Jerusalem
Rendered in the KJV as
Gihon.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- גִּחֽוֹן׃2
- בְּגִח֗וֹן1
- גִיחוֹן֙1
- גִּיח֑וֹן1
- לְגִיח֨וֹן1
How it is rendered · 4
- Gihon3
- [is] Gihon1
- at Gihon1
- of Gihon1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)4
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 4
- HR/Npl · 2
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Genesis1 occurrence
1 Kings3 occurrences
- 1 Kings 1:33גִּחֽוֹן׃gichonproper noun (a name)“Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon.here: Gihon
- 1 Kings 1:38גִּחֽוֹן׃gichonproper noun (a name)Then Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, went down and set Solomon on King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon.here: Gihon
- 1 Kings 1:45בְּגִח֗וֹןbegichonpreposition + proper noun (a name)Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there with rejoicing that rings out in the city. That is the noise you hear.here: at Gihon
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 32:30גִיחוֹן֙gichonproper noun (a name)It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.here: Gihon
- 2 Chronicles 33:14לְגִיח֨וֹןlegichonpreposition + proper noun (a name)After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and he brought it around the hill of Ophel and heightened it considerably. He also stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.here: of Gihon