gichon · Gihon

What it means

gichon (גִּיחוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Gihon”.

One of the four rivers of Eden, which is not known for certain; also a spring beside Jerusalem.

How to say it

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.

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• 1 Kings×3
• 2 Chronicles×2

• Genesis 2:13

  And the name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one that goes around the whole land of Cush.

• 1 Kings 1:33

  And the king said to them, “Take with you the servants of your lord, and set Solomon my son on the mule that is mine, and bring him down to Gihon.

• 1 Kings 1:38

  So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down and set Solomon on the mule of King David, and brought him to Gihon.

• 1 Kings 1:45

  And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him as king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there rejoicing, and the city is in an uproar. That is the sound that you heard.

• 2 Chronicles 32:30

  This same Hezekiah stopped up the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon and directed them down to the west of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his work.

• 2 Chronicles 33:14

  After this he built an outer wall for the city of David, west of Gihon, in the brook, and to the entrance at the Fish Gate, and he surrounded the Ophel and raised it very high. He put commanders of forces in all the fortified cities of Judah.