Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #1512 - גָּחוֹן gachon (belly (of reptiles))

Original Word:	גָּחוֹן
Transliteration:	gachon
Definition:	belly (of reptiles)
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(gaw-khone')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

belly

Probably from giyach; the external abdomen, belly (as the source of the faetus (compare Giychown)) -- belly.

see HEBREW giyach

see HEBREW Giychown

Englishman's Concordance

1) belly (of reptiles)
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: probably from H1518
Same Word by TWOT Number: 342a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

גָּחוֺןnoun masculinebelly, of reptiles (compare perhaps Assyrian gi—innu, cord (from twisting ?) Zim^{BP 104}) — גְּחֹנְךָGenesis 3:14 (J) of the serpent, compare גָּחוֺןLeviticus 11:42 (P).

גחר (? compare Arabic retire, retreat, etc.)

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 1512. גָּחוֹן (gachon) — 2 Occurrences

Genesis 3:14
HEB:הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה עַל־ גְּחֹנְךָ֣ תֵלֵ֔ךְ וְעָפָ֥ר
NAS: of the field; On your belly you will go,
KJV: of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go,
INT: of the field on your belly will go and dust

Leviticus 11:42
HEB:הוֹלֵ֨ךְ עַל־ גָּח֜ seg type='large'>וֹ seg>ן וְכֹ֣ל ׀ הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
NAS: crawls on its belly, and whatever
KJV: Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth
INT: crawls on belly and whatever walks

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