H1517: גִּיד
gîyd · pronounced gheed · “sinew”
Definition
a thong (as compressing); by analogy, a tendon
KJV translates it as: sinew.
Word origin: probably from H1464 (גּוּד);
Extended definition
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H1517 is translated
- sinews ×3
- the sinew of ×2
- the sinews of ×1
- was a sinew of ×1
Bible verses with H1517 (gîyd)
Gîyd appears in 6 verses.
- Genesis 32:32
Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.
- Job 10:11
Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
- Job 40:17
He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
- Isaiah 48:4
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
- Ezekiel 37:6
And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
- Ezekiel 37:8
And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.