King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1615
Transliteration: gir
Phonetic Spelling: (gheer)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: chalk, lime
Meaning: chalk, lime
Word Summary
gir: chalk, lime
Original Word: גִּרTransliteration: gir
Phonetic Spelling: (gheer)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: chalk, lime
Meaning: chalk, lime
Strong's Concordance
chalkstone Perhaps from kuwr; lime (from being burned in a kiln) -- chalk(-stone).
see HEBREW kuwr
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1615. gir
גִּר noun [masculine] chalk, lime (perhaps Aramaic loan-word compare Frä9; Aramaic (also Biblical Aramaic) גִּיר ; Arabic is loan-word Fräl.c.) — גִר כְּאַבְנֵי מִזְבֵּחַ Isaiah 27:9.