גֶּרֶם
gerem · bone
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1634 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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gerem (גֶּרֶם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “bone”.
"A donkey of bones" means a strong one.
How to say it
ge·rem
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 hard part of the body.
- Sturdy, big-boned.
- "The steps alone", with nothing on them.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- bone ×2
- bare ×1
- limbs ×1
- strong ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Genesis 49:14
Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.
- 2 Kings 9:13
They hurried, and each man took his garment and they put it under him on the bare steps; and they blew the shofar and said, “Jehu is king!”
- Job 40:18
Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like a bar of iron.
- Proverbs 17:22
A glad heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bone.
- Proverbs 25:15
By patience a ruler is persuaded, and a soft tongue breaks bone.