Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #1658 - גִּשְׁפָּא Gishpa (one of the Nethinim)

Original Word:	גִּשְׁפָּא
Transliteration:	Gishpa
Definition:	one of the Nethinim
Part of Speech:	Proper Name Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(ghish-paw')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Gispa

Of uncertain derivation; Gishpa, an Israelite -- Gispa.

Englishman's Concordance

Gispa=“caress”
1) an officer of the temple slaves returning from exile with Nehemiah
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: of uncertain derivation

Brown-Driver-Briggs

גִּשְׁמָּאproper name, masculinenamed afterצִיחָא as an officer of Nethinim Nehemiah 11:21; see om. B; ᵐ5^L & Manuscripts Γεσφα; name not elsewhere in OT, not even "" 1 Chronicles 9; possibly corrupted from חֲשֻׂפָאNehemiah 7:46 (following צִחָא; in "" Ezra 2:43חֲשׁוּפָא, צִיחָא), ᵐ5Ἁσφα (B; Manuscripts Ασειφα, etc.); compare BeRy.

גשׁר (√ of following compare Assyrian gašâru, strengthen, make firm Lotz^TPRegister; Arabic be bold, also arch a bridge, compare , bridge, Late Hebrew גֶּשֶׁרid., Aramaic גִּישְׁרָא, , ).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 1658. גִּשְׁפָּא (Gishpa) — 1 Occurrence
Nehemiah 11:21
HEB:בָּעֹ֑פֶל וְצִיחָ֥א וְגִשְׁפָּ֖א עַל־ הַנְּתִינִֽים׃
NAS: and Ziha and Gishpa were in charge
KJV: and Ziha and Gispa [were] over the Nethinims.
INT: Ophel and Ziha and Gishpa charge servants

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