Strong Hebrew #5384 - נָשֶׁה nasheh (a vein (or nerve) in the thigh)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance which shrank From nashah, in the sense of failure; rheumatic or crippled (from the incident to Jacob) -- which shrank. see HEBREW nashah Englishman's Concordance 1) vein, nerve, tendon (in the thigh) Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H5382, in the sense of failure Same Word by TWOT Number: 1429 Brown-Driver-Briggsנָשֶׁהnoun [masculine]a vein (or nerve) in the thigh (etymology dubious; on formative compare LagBN 50; Arabic  apparently the portion of the principal vein of the leg which is in the thigh, vulgar sciatic vein, or (modern) sciatic nerve and even sciatica, Lane3033); — only גִּיד הַנָּשֶׁה Gen Genesis 32:33a the sinew of the thigh-vein (or thigh-nerve, אֲשֶׁר עַלכַּֿף הַיָּרֵךְ), compare v33b. — On sacredness of thigh, compare RSSem i. 360; 2nd ed. 380 WeHeid (2), 168. נָשִׁים see אִשָּׁה above Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 5384. נָשֶׁה (nasheh) — 2 OccurrencesGenesis 32:32 Genesis 32:32 |