Quick Definition
(Mount) Gerizim
Biblical Persons & Places
Gerizim_Mount
Mount Gerizim
A location first mentioned at Deu.11.29;
only referred to as Gerizim Mount (גְּרִזִים).
Strong's Definition
Gerizim, a mountain of Palestine
Derivation: plural of an unused noun from H1629 (גָּרַז) (compare H1511 (גִּזְרִי)), cut up (i.e. rocky);
KJV Usage: Gerizim.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Gerizim = "cuttings off"
1) a mountain in northern Israel in Ephraim near Shechem from which the blessings were read to the Israelites on entering Canaan; site of the Samaritan temple built after the captivity
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
§ Gerizim = "cuttings off"
a mountain in northern Israel in Ephraim near Shechem from which the blessings were read to the Israelites on entering Canaan; site of the Samaritan temple built after the captivity
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
גְּרִזִים
gerizý̂ym
BDB Definition:
Gerizim = cuttings off
1) a mountain in northern Israel in Ephraim near Shechem from which the blessings were read to the Israelites on entering Canaan; site of the Samaritan temple built after the captivity
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: plural of an unused noun from H1629
Total KJV Occurrences: 4