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Word Summary
Gichon: "a bursting forth", one of the rivers of Eden, also a spring near Jer
Original Word: גִּיחוֹן
Transliteration: Gichon
Phonetic Spelling: (ghee-khone')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "a bursting forth", one of the rivers of Eden, also a spring near Jer
Meaning: Gihon -- "a bursting forth", one of the rivers of Eden, also a spring near Jerusalem
Strong's Concordance
Gihon

Or (shortened) Gichown {ghee-khone'}; from giyach; stream; Gichon, a river of Paradise; also a valley (or pool) near Jerusalem -- Gihon.

see HEBREW giyach

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H1521. Gichon

גִּיחוֺן‎ proper name, of a river (a bursting forth) —

1 one of the rivers of Eden Genesis 2:13 (on theories of identity see Commentaries; also SmithDict. Bible Schaff-HerzogArt. Eden SpurrellText of Gen. on the passage RiHWB).

2 spring of water near Jerusalem: גִּחוֺן‎ 1 Kings 1:33, 38, 45, הָעֶלְיוֺן גִיחוֺן מֵימֵי‎2 Chronicles 32:30, בַּנַּחַל לְגִיחוֺן‎33:14; — there are two main theories as to locality:

a. west of Jerusalem, connected with Birket Mamilla, and aqueduct into city RobBR i. 239, 345 ff. SurveyJerusalem and others;

b. east of Jerusalem = Fountain of the Virgin, FurrerSchenkel BL ii. 483 BdPal 101, or Siloah water-system GutheZPV, v., 1882, 359 ff.

גֵּיחֲזִי‎ see below גַּיְא‎.





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