Hebrew words starting with gimel
296 words in the Bible begin with gimel (ג), listed most frequent first. This is page 1 of 2. Every word links to its meaning, its attested forms, and the verses it appears in.
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- gamגַּםalso: a small word that adds one more thing to what was just said, or leans on it for emphasis
- goyגּוֹיa nation: a people group seen as a political and territorial body, with its own land, government, and identity
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- the nations: the peoples other than Israel, the gentiles, often pictured as hostile to God and his people
- Goyim: used as a proper name, a place or political grouping called "Nations," not the common word for a people
- gadolגָּדוֹלgreat: large in size, high in degree, or high in rank, depending on what it describes
- gevulגְּבוּלborder: the marked line where one piece of land ends and the next begins, the stone that marks it, and the territory that line encloses
- galahגָּלָהto uncover what was hidden, so that it is seen or known: to lay bare, expose, or reveal
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- to go away into exile, or to drive a people away into exile: to be deported from one's land
- gibborגִּבּוֹרa mighty one: a man of outstanding strength and prowess, above all the warrior and the hero, and by extension God himself as the supreme champion.
- giladגִּלְעָדGilead: the high, wooded country east of the Jordan River, together with the towns and clans settled there and the ancestor whose name they carry
- gadalגָּדַלto grow up: to increase in size or to pass from childhood toward adulthood
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- to become great: to grow in wealth, power, or standing until one is important
- to make great: to raise a child, promote a person, or exalt and praise God
- to magnify oneself: to boast or act arrogantly, often defiantly against God or others
- ga'alגָּאַלto act as the next of kin who reclaims what has been lost to the family: buying back land or a relative, avenging a killing, or pleading a relative's cause.
- gurגּוּרto live somewhere as a resident outsider: to settle for a time among people not your own, without owning the land or holding the rights of a native
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- to be afraid, to dread: to shrink back in fear before a person, a threat, or God
- to assail, to stir up strife: to gather in hostility against someone, to attack
- gerגֵּרa resident foreigner: someone who has left his own land and people and settled long-term among Israel, living under its protection but without a native's land and family rights
- goralגּוֹרָלlot: the object cast to let a decision fall outside human control, and the share or destiny that falls to a person by it
- gadגָּדGad: Jacob's seventh son, and the Israelite tribe and eastern territory named after him.
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- Gad: the prophet and seer in King David's court, a different man from Jacob's son.
- givahגִּבְעָהa hill: a rounded natural rise in the land, lower and gentler than a mountain
- gaverגָּבֶרa man: the grown male, named with a poetic dignity by a word rooted in strength
- gevurahגְּבוּרָהstrength to prevail: the power to overcome, and the mighty deeds that show it
- gayגַּיְאa valley: a deep, narrow, steep-sided ravine cut between hills or mountains
- gephenגֶּפֶןvine: the grapevine, the cultivated plant whose grapes give Israel its wine
- gamalגָּמָלcamel: the large humped desert animal used for riding, carrying loads, and as a measure of wealth
- ga'onגָּאוֹןmajesty: the towering greatness and splendor that belong to God.
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- splendor: the glory or grandeur of a land, a nation, or a thing in nature.
- arrogance: the swollen self-importance of a person or people who lift themselves up wrongly.
- gillulגִּלּוּלidols: the lifeless man-made objects that false worship treats as gods, named with open contempt
- garashגָּרַשׁto drive out by force: to expel a person or group from a place they would otherwise stay
- givahגִּבְעָהGibeahnot studied yet
- gilגִּילto rejoice, to exult: to break out in loud, festive joy, the kind that shows itself rather than staying quiet inside.
- golahגּוֹלָהexile: being carried off to a foreign land, and the community of those carried off
- ganגַּןa garden: a walled, watered, planted plot of ground set apart from the wild land around it
- gavo'ahגָּבֹהַּhigh: rising far above the surrounding level, whether in literal height or in standing, and by extension lifted up in pride
- gilgalגִּלְגָּלGilgalnot studied yet
- ganavגָּנַבto take by stealth: to get hold of something, or someone, secretly and without the owner's knowledge
- gidonגִּדְעוֹןGideonnot studied yet
- givonגִּבְעוֹןGibeonnot studied yet
- gamalגָּמַלto deal out to someone what an act has earned: to repay, reward, or requite, whether good or ill
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- to wean a child: to finish the nursing years and bring a child to the next stage
- to ripen: for a plant to bring its fruit or growth to full maturity
- gorenגֹּרֶןa threshing floor: the flat, open patch of hard ground where cut grain is beaten loose and tossed into the wind to clean it.
- geshemגֶּשֶׁםrain: water falling from the sky, from a passing shower to a drenching storm
- gavahגָּבַהּto be high: to rise up or be lifted to a great height, whether in physical elevation, in honor, or (most often) in pride
- galגַּלa heap of stones piled up by hand: a mound raised as a marker
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- a wave of the sea: the rolling, surging swell of open water
- a spring or pool: an enclosed, welling source of water
- gedudגְּדוּדa band of armed men who move and act together, most often to raid or plunder, though it can also mean a formal unit within a standing army, or the raid itself.
- gatגַּתGath: a major Philistine city on the border between the coastal plain and the hill country of Judah, called by the everyday Hebrew word for a winepress
- gedalyahגְּדַלְיָהוּGedaliahnot studied yet
- gagגָּגthe flat top of a building or structure, above all the usable roof of a house
- gazalגָּזַלto take by open force: to rob, seize, or tear something away from the one who holds it
- gavarגָּבַרto be strong and so to prevail: to overpower a rival, to be mighty or great, or to make someone or something strong.
- gavaגָּוַעto breathe one's last: to die as the final breath goes out.
- galaḥגָּלַחto shave: to cut the hair off the head, beard, or body, close to the skin, usually with a razor
- gadaגָּדַעto hew or chop something down by force: to fell it, break it off, or shatter it so it topples or is destroyed
- garaגָּרַעto take part of something away, so that less of it is left: to diminish, reduce, withdraw, or hold back
- ga'avahגַּאֲוָהa rising to a height: majestic grandeur when it belongs to God, but arrogant self-importance when a person or nation claims it
- gevaגֶּבַעGebanot studied yet
- gemulגְּמוּלa dealing: what one person does to another, or the matching return that deed earns; most often a deserved recompense.
- geḥelגַּחֶלֶתa live, burning coal: a glowing ember, still hot, as opposed to cold spent charcoal
- galalגָּלַלto roll: to move something heavy by turning it over, or to be turned over and over
- gereshonגֵּרְשׁוֹןGershonnot studied yet
- govahגֹּבַהּheight: the vertical measure or lofty elevation of a structure, person, tree, or the sky
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- loftiness of spirit: a person or nation lifted high in bearing, whether in arrogant pride or in exalted dignity
- gannavגַּנָּבa thief: one who takes what belongs to another by stealth.
- gediגְּדִיa kid: a young male goat, still young enough to be at its mother's milk
- gadiגָּדִיGadnot studied yet
- gazazגָּזַזto shear or clip: to cut wool off a flock, or hair off a head, close to the skin
- gezerגֶּזֶרGezernot studied yet
- gullahגֻּלָּהa rounded bowl or basin, including the bowl-shaped cap of a pillar and the oil reservoir of a lampstand
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- a spring or basin of water: a source or pool that supplies water
- galutגָּלוּתexile: the forced removal of a people from their homeland, and by extension the deportees themselves
- ge'arahגְּעָרָהa forceful rebuke: a sharp, powerful word of displeasure, whether God's world-shaking blast or a person's stern reproof
- goshenגֹּשֶׁןGoshennot studied yet
- ge'ullahגְּאֻלָּהthe right or act of buying back family land or a relative that has been lost: redemption as a matter of clan law
- gevi'aגָּבִיעַa cup or bowl: a rounded open vessel for drinking or serving, and by extension the cup-shaped ornaments of the golden lampstand
- ga'arגָּעַרto rebuke: to check, silence, or drive something back with a forceful, commanding word.
- garahגָּרָהto provoke conflict: to kindle strife or throw oneself into a quarrel or war against another
- gavגַּבa curved, convex, or raised surface: the rounded outer side of a thing, or a raised structure on the ground.
- godelגֹּדֶלgreatness as a quantity you can point to: how great someone or something is, whether God's displayed majesty, a towering tree, or a heart swollen with its own importance
- geviyyahגְּוִיָּהa body: the physical frame of a person or creature, whether still living or lying dead
- gazarגָּזַרto cut, divide, or cut off: to sever something by a decisive stroke, and so to separate or remove it
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- to decree, decide: to settle a matter firmly by an authoritative word
- gereshomגֵּרְשֹׁםGershomnot studied yet
- gereshunniגֵּרְשֻׁנִּיGershonitenot studied yet
- gedulahגְּדוּלָּהgreatness: the towering stature of God or the high standing of a person, together with the great deeds and public honor that make it visible
- gaderגָּדֵרa wall: the low boundary of stacked stones that rings a vineyard, field, or courtyard and keeps safe whatever is inside it.
- geḥaziגֵּיחֲזִיGehazinot studied yet
- gulgoletגֻּלְגֹּלֶתthe skull: the bony head, and so a single head as the unit for counting people one by one.
- gannahגַּנָּהa garden: a watered, planted plot of ground that people tend and eat from
- ga'alגָּאַלto defile by staining: to soil something, most vividly with blood, until it is polluted or unfit for holy use
- gazitגָּזִיתdressed building stone: squared blocks cut to measure with iron tools for fine, close-fitting masonry
- galgalגַּלְגַּלa wheel, named for its rolling: the round part that turns under a chariot or wagon, or over the mouth of a well
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- something whirling before the wind: dry stuff tumbling along the ground, and the whirling storm that drives it
- giladiגִּלְעָדִיGileaditenot studied yet
- gerahגֵּרָהcud: the partly digested food a grazing animal brings back up from its stomach to chew a second time.
- gevulahגְּבוּלָהboundaries: the lines that mark where one piece of land ends and the next begins, and the ground those lines enclose
- gadarגָּדַרto wall up: to stack stones into a barrier, whether to close a way shut or to close a gap in a wall that has fallen in.
- gogגּוֹגGognot studied yet
- galalגָּלָלbecause ofnot studied yet
- ga'alגָּעַלto loathe: to turn against someone or something in deep disgust and push it away
- gerarגְּרָרGerarnot studied yet
- gittiגִּתִּיGittitenot studied yet
- ge'ehגֵּאֶהproud, arrogant: a person or nation puffed up above its rightful place
- geveretגְּבֶרֶתthe woman in charge: the female head a servant answers to, and by extension a ruling power pictured as such a woman
- gederahגְּדֵרָהa wall of piled stones fencing in a piece of ground, and so the pen it makes for a flock
- gilגִּילthe loud joy of a celebration: rejoicing that breaks out where others can see and hear it, as at a harvest, a festival, or a procession
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- a person's age: the stage of life someone has reached, and so the others who are at that same stage
- ga'alגַּעַלGaalnot studied yet
- ga'ashגָּעַשׁto heave and lurch: to be thrown into violent rocking motion, the way ground bucks in an earthquake or water churns in a flood
- geraגֵּרָאGeranot studied yet
- geshurגְּשׁוּרGeshurnot studied yet
- ge'utגֵּאוּתa rising up high: the majesty God wears, the swollen pride of anyone who claims it, or the literal surge of sea and smoke
- givoniגִּבְעֹנִיGibeonitenot studied yet
- gadadגָּדַדto slash one's own skin on purpose as a religious act: in grief for someone who has died, or to force a god to answer
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- to mass together in a body, the way a band of armed men does: to close in on someone, or to crowd to a place
- gizrahגִּזְרָהthe open ground marked off around Ezekiel's temple: a strip deliberately kept clear and off limits.
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- the shape of a person's body as the eye takes it in: their figure or build.
- gilbo'aגִּלְבֹּעַ(Mount) Gilboanot studied yet
- gananגָּנַןto shield: to spread protection over a place or people so that an attack never reaches them, something the Bible says only of God
- garonגָּרוֹןthe throat: the front of the neck, both the passage inside that carries voice and drink and the outside that a necklace circles
- gat-rimmonגַּת־רִמּוֹןGath-rimmonnot studied yet
- ga'ahגָּאָהto rise high: to swell, shoot up, or tower above what surrounds it
- gadaphגָּדַףto attack someone with cutting, contemptuous words, and when God is the target, to blaspheme him
- gedorגְּדוֹרGedornot studied yet
- gevגֵּוa person's back: the side turned away from view, and so the part that takes the blows or hides whatever is thrown behind it
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- the middle of a group of people: the company someone can be driven out of
- gurגּוּרcub: the young of a wild animal, still fed by its mother and not yet hunting, and in nearly every use the cub of a lion
- gazzahגִּזָּהa fleece: the woolly coat cut off a sheep in one piece and handled as a single object.
- gidגִּידsinew: the tough cord inside a body that ties muscle to bone and lets the frame hold together and move
- gophritגׇּפְרִיתsulfur: the yellow mineral that catches fire easily and burns with a choking smell, the Bible's picture of a place destroyed by God
- girgashiגִּרְגָּשִׁיGirgashitenot studied yet
- gevirahגְּבִירָהqueennot studied yet
- gibbtonגִּבְּתוֹןGibbethonnot studied yet
- gazelגָּזֵלrobberynot studied yet
- gezelahגְּזֵלָהviolencenot studied yet
- gi'aḥגִּיחַto burst/come outnot studied yet
- giḥonגִּיחוֹןGihon: the name of the second river flowing out of Eden, the one said to wind around the whole land of Cush.
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- Gihon: the spring on the eastern slope of the City of David that supplied Jerusalem with water.
- galilגָּלִילGalileenot studied yet
- golyatגׇּלְיַתGoliathnot studied yet
- gomerגֹּמֶרGomernot studied yet
- gararגָּרַרto drag/chew/sawnot studied yet
- geshuriגְּשׁוּרִיGeshuritenot studied yet
- gavalגָּבַלto bordernot studied yet
- gidoniגִּדְעֹנִיGideoninot studied yet
- gozanגּוֹזָןGozannot studied yet
- gelilahגְלִילָהbordernot studied yet
- gamli'elגַּמְלִיאֵלGamalielnot studied yet
- gamarגָּמַרto ceasenot studied yet
- gemaryahגְּמַרְיָהוּGemariahnot studied yet
- gerahגֵּרָהgerahnot studied yet
- geremגֶּרֶםbonenot studied yet
- gatגַּתa winepress: the shallow rock basin where grapes were trodden underfoot at harvest, with the juice running off into a deeper vat alongside
- gevגֵּבcisternnot studied yet
- gabbaḥatגַּבַּחַתbaldnessnot studied yet
- gadahגָּדָהbanknot studied yet
- gadishגָּדִישׁstacknot studied yet
- gadelגָּדֵלgrowingnot studied yet
- giddelגִּדֵּלGiddelnot studied yet
- golanגּוֹלָןGolannot studied yet
- guniגּוּנִיGuninot studied yet
- gezגֵּזfleecenot studied yet
- galilגָּלִילturnednot studied yet
- galmudגַּלְמוּדbarren: hard and bare, and so yielding nothing at all
- gomeגֹּמֶאreednot studied yet
- ginnahגִּנָּהgardennot studied yet
- ga'ashגַּעַשׁGaashnot studied yet
- gaphגַּףsingle/heightnot studied yet
- gargerotגַּרְגְּרוֹתnecknot studied yet
- gerizimגְּרִזִים(Mount) Gerizimnot studied yet
- garzenגַּרְזֶןaxenot studied yet
- geshemגֶּשֶׁםGeshem: the Arabian who joined Sanballat and Tobiah in trying to stop the rebuilding of Jerusalem's wall
- gat-haḥepherגַּת הַחֵפֶרGath-hephernot studied yet
- gidduphגִּדּוּפִיםrevilingnot studied yet
- gaharגָּהַרto bend (down)not studied yet
- gavגַּוthe backnot studied yet
- givayגֹּבַיlocustnot studied yet
- gudגּוּדto raidnot studied yet
- gevahגֵּוָהpridenot studied yet
- gazamגָּזָםa crop-destroying locust, named for the way it shears vegetation off
- gezaגֶּזַעstocknot studied yet
- galalגָּלָלGalalnot studied yet
- gelelגֵּלdung: excrement, animal or human, named bluntly, both as the ordinary substance and as the byword for what is worthless.
- galaגָּלַעto quarrelnot studied yet
- gemulahגְּמוּלָהrecompensenot studied yet
- genezגְּנָזִיםtreasurynot studied yet
- ginntonגִּנְּתוֹןGinnethonnot studied yet
- gatamגַּעְתָּםGatamnot studied yet
- garavגָּרָבscabnot studied yet
- garevגָּרֵבGarebnot studied yet
- garamגָּרַםto break bonesnot studied yet
- gittitגִּתִּיתGittithnot studied yet
- govגֹּבGobnot studied yet
- geveגֶּבֶאcisternnot studied yet
- gavhutגַּבְהוּתhaughtinessnot studied yet
- gevirגְּבִירlordnot studied yet
- givliגִּבְלִיGebalitenot studied yet
- gavlutגַּבְלֻתtwistsnot studied yet
- gavnonגַּבְנֹןpeaknot studied yet
- gavri'elגַּבְרִיאֵלGabrielnot studied yet
- gadגַּדcoriandernot studied yet
- gudgodahגֻּדְגֹּדָהGudgodahnot studied yet
- gedudגְּדוּדfurrownot studied yet
- gadiגָּדִיGadinot studied yet
- gedilגְּדִלִיםtasselnot studied yet
- giddaltiגִּדַּלְתִּיGiddaltinot studied yet
- gederגֶּדֶרwallnot studied yet
- gederahגְּדֵרָהGederahnot studied yet
- gederotגְּדֵרוֹתGederothnot studied yet
- guzגּוּזto cut offnot studied yet
- gozalגּוֹזָלyoung birdnot studied yet
- guphahגּוּפָהbodynot studied yet
- gorגּוֹרwhelpnot studied yet
- gur-ba'alגּוּר־בָּעַלGurbaalnot studied yet
- gazezגָּזֵזGazeznot studied yet
- gazzamגַּזָּםGazzamnot studied yet
- gezerגֶּזֶרpiecenot studied yet
- gaḥonגָּחוֹןbellynot studied yet