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גֶּזַע

geza · stump, trunk

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1503 · appears 3 times in the Bible

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What it means

geza (גֶּזַע) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “stump, trunk”.

The trunk of a tree; also the stump left when it is cut down.

How to say it

ge·za

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

  1. The thick part of a tree growing from the root.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Where it appears

  • Job 14:8

    If its root grows old in the earth, and in the dust its trunk dies,

  • Isaiah 11:1

    And a shoot will come out from the trunk of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit.

  • Isaiah 40:24

    Scarcely are they planted, scarcely are they sown, scarcely has their trunk taken root in the earth, when he also blows on them, and they wither, and the storm like stubble carries them off.