Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #1634 - גֶּרֶם gerem

Original Word:	גֶּרֶם
Transliteration:	gerem
Phonetic Spelling:	(gheh'-rem)
Definition:	a bone, strength
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

bone, strong

From garam; a bone (as the skeleton of the body); hence, self, i.e. (figuratively) very -- bone, strong, top.

see HEBREW garam

Englishman's Concordance

1) bone, strength, bare?, self?
1a) bone
1b) strength, strong-boned
1c) self?, bare? (of stairs)
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H1633
Same Word by TWOT Number: 382a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

גֶּ֫רֶםnoun [masculine]bone, strength, self (?) (Arabic

body, Aramaic גְּרַם,

bone, self) — absolute גָּ֑רֶםGenesis 49:14 2t.; construct גֶּרֶם2 Kings 9:13; suffix גְּרָמָיוJob 40:18;

1boneProverbs 17:22 (collective) Proverbs 25:15; of behemoth (hippopotamus) Job 40:18 ("" עצם q. v.)

2strengthGenesis 49:14חֲמֹר גָּ֑רֶםstrong ass (literally bony, so VB).

3self (compare עצם), 2 Kings 9:13גֶּרֶם הַמַּעֲלוֺת so Ges Ew Ke, but text dubious, see conjectures in Klo.

[גְּרַם] noun [masculine]bone (Biblical Hebrew גֶּ֫רֶם; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic Schulth^{Lex. 46}); — plural suffix גַּרְמֵיהוֺןDaniel 6:25.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 1634. גָּ֫רֶם (gerem) — 5 Occurrences

Genesis 49:14
HEB:יִשָּׂשכָ֖ר חֲמֹ֣ר גָּ֑רֶם רֹבֵ֖ץ בֵּ֥ין
NAS: Issachar is a strong donkey,
KJV: Issachar [is] a strong ass
INT: Issachar donkey strong Lying between

2 Kings 9:13
HEB:תַחְתָּ֖יו אֶל־ גֶּ֣רֶם הַֽמַּעֲל֑וֹת וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ֙
NAS: it under him on the bare steps,
KJV: and put [it] under him on the top of the stairs,
INT: under on the bare steps and blew

Job 40:18
HEB:אֲפִיקֵ֣י נְחוּשָׁ֑ה גְּ֝רָמָ֗יו כִּמְטִ֥יל בַּרְזֶֽל׃
NAS: of bronze; His limbs are like bars
KJV: pieces of brass; his bones [are] like bars
INT: are tubes of bronze his limbs bars of iron

Proverbs 17:22
HEB:נְ֝כֵאָ֗ה תְּיַבֶּשׁ־ גָּֽרֶם׃
NAS: spirit dries up the bones.
KJV: spirit drieth the bones.
INT: A broken dries the bones

Proverbs 25:15
HEB:רַ֝כָּ֗ה תִּשְׁבָּר־ גָּֽרֶם׃
NAS: tongue breaks the bone.
KJV: tongue breaketh the bone.
INT: soft breaks the bone

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