גָּדָה
gada · bank
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1415 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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gada (גָּדָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “bank”.
The edge of a river.
How to say it
ga·da
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Land along a river.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Joshua 3:15
and when those carrying the ark came to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests carrying the ark were dipped in the edge of the water —and the Jordan is full over all its banks all the days of harvest—
- Joshua 4:18
And it came about, when the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of YHWH came up from the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of the feet of the priests were pulled up onto the dry land, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and went as before over all its banks.
- 1 Chronicles 12:15
These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it was overflowing all its banks; and they put to flight all those of the valleys, to the east and to the west.
- Isaiah 8:7
therefore, look, Adonai is bringing up against them the waters of the River, mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory; and it will rise over all its channels and go over all its banks;