Word Study · Strong's H1615 · Hebrew

גִּר

gir

gheer

“lime (from being burned in a kiln)”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

lime (from being burned in a kiln)

Rendered in the KJV as

chalk(-stone).

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Inflected forms · 1

גִר֙1

How it is rendered · 1

chalk1

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

How it parses · 1

noun · masculine singular1

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Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 27:9גִר֙girnoun · masculine singularTherefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.here: chalk

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