Word Study · Strong's H417 · Hebrew
אֶלְגָּבִישׁ
elgabish
el-gaw-beesh'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼelgâbîysh
“hail (as if a great pearl)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
hail (as if a great pearl)
Rendered in the KJV as
great hail(-stones).
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- אֶלְגָּבִישׁ֙1
- אֶלְגָּבִ֖ישׁ1
- אֶלְגָּבִ֜ישׁ1
How it is rendered · 1
- hail3
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- noun · masculine singular3
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- HNcmsa · 3
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The ledger of occurrences
Ezekiel3 occurrences
- Ezekiel 13:11אֶלְגָּבִישׁ֙ʾelgavishnoun · masculine singulartell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth.here: hail
- Ezekiel 13:13אֶלְגָּבִ֖ישׁʾelgavishnoun · masculine singularTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury.here: hail
- Ezekiel 38:22אֶלְגָּבִ֜ישׁʾelgavishnoun · masculine singularI will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.here: hail