Lexical Summary gerem: a bone, strength Original Word: גֶּרֶםTransliteration: gerem Phonetic Spelling: (gheh'-rem) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a bone, strength Meaning: a bone, self, very Strong's Concordance bone, strong From garam; a bone (as the skeleton of the body); hence, self, i.e. (figuratively) very -- bone, strong, top. see HEBREW garam Brown-Driver-Briggs H1634. gerem גֶּ֫רֶם noun [masculine] bone, strength, self (?) (Arabic body, Aramaic גְּרַם, bone, self) — absolute גָּ֑רֶם Genesis 49:14 2t.; construct גֶּרֶם 2 Kings 9:13; suffix גְּרָמָיו Job 40:18; 1 bone Proverbs 17:22 (collective) 25:15; of behemoth (hippopotamus) Job 40:18 ("" עצם q. v.) 2 strength Genesis 49:14 גָּ֑רֶם חֲמֹר strong ass (literally bony, so VB). 3 self (compare עצם), 2 Kings 9:13 הַמַּעֲלוֺת גֶּרֶם so Ges Ew Ke, but text dubious, see conjectures in Klo. [גְּרַם] noun [masculine] bone (Biblical Hebrew גֶּ֫רֶם; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic SchulthLex. 46); — plural suffix גַּרְמֵיהוֺן Daniel 6:25. |
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