Word Study · Strong's H1518 · Hebrew

גִּיחַ

giach

ghee'-akh

Strong's 1890 spelling: gîyach

“to gush forth (as water), generally to issue”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to gush forth (as water), generally to issue

Rendered in the KJV as

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

6
occurrencesin the Old Testament
5 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
6
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 6 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 6

בְּ֝גִיח֗וֹ1
גֹחִ֣י1
וָגֹ֛חִי1
וַתָּ֣גַח1
יָגִ֖יחַ1
מֵגִ֥יחַ1

How it is rendered · 6

[was] bursting forth1
[were] drawing forth me1
and burst forth1
and you burst forth1
it bursts forth1
when burst forth it1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 6

Hc/Vhw2ms1
conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singular1
preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular1
verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

Hc/Vhw2ms · 1
HC/Vqv2fs · 1
HR/Vqcc/Sp3ms · 1
HVhrmsa · 1
HVqi3ms · 1
HVqrmsc/Sp1bs · 1

All 6, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Job2 of 6 · 33%
Judges1 of 6 · 17%
Psalms1 of 6 · 17%
Ezekiel1 of 6 · 17%
Micah1 of 6 · 17%

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Judges1 occurrence

Judges 20:33מֵגִ֥יחַmegiachverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularSo 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.here: [was] bursting forth

Job2 occurrences

Psalms1 occurrence

Psalms 22:9גֹחִ֣יgochiverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularYet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.here: [were] drawing forth me

Ezekiel1 occurrence

Ezekiel 32:2וַתָּ֣גַחvatagachHc/Vhw2ms“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.’here: and you burst forth

Micah1 occurrence

Micah 4:10וָגֹ֛חִיvagochiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singularWrithe 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!here: and burst forth

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled גִּיחַ

H1519 · 1×

גִּיחַ

giach

“to rush forth”

H1520 · 1×

גִּיחַ

Giach

“Giach, a place in Palestine”

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