גָּחוֹן
gachon · belly
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1512 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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gachon (גָּחוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “belly”.
Of a creature that crawls.
How to say it
ga·chon
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
- The underside a crawling creature moves on.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Genesis 3:14
And YHWH Elohim said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you from among all the livestock and from among every animal of the field; on your belly you will go, and dust you will eat all the days of your life.
- Leviticus 11:42
Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or even whatever has many feet, among all the swarming things that swarm on the earth, you shall not eat them, for they are a detestable thing.