גְּזֵרָה
gezera · decree
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H1510 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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gezera (גְּזֵרָה) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “decree”.
(Aramaic): what has been decided.
How to say it
ge·ze·ra
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
- A firm order given from above.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Related words
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Daniel 4:17
The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the request by the word of the holy ones, so that the living may know that Illaya rules over the kingdom of men, and to whomever he wishes he gives it, and the lowliest of men he sets up over it.’
- Daniel 4:24
this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of Illaya that has come upon my lord the king: