1457. gahar
Lexicon
gahar: To bend, to bow down

Original Word: גָּהַר
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: gahar
Pronunciation: gah-har
Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-har')
KJV: cast self down, stretch self
NASB: stretched, crouched down
Word Origin: [a primitive root]

1. to prostrate oneself

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
cast self down, stretch self

A primitive root; to prostrate oneself -- cast self down, stretch self.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to bend, crouch
NASB Translation
crouched down (1), stretched (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[גָּהַר] verb bend, crouch (so Vrss) —

Qal Imperfect וַיִּגְהַר 1 Kings 18:42 followed by אַרְצָה Elijah, with face between knees; 2 Kings 4:34,35 Elisha, over dead boy, followed by עליו ("" וישׁכב 2 Kings 4:34, compare שׁכב).

גַּו, גֵּו see below גוה.

גּוֺב,גּוֺבַי see below גבה

Forms and Transliterations
וַיִּגְהַ֖ר וַיִּגְהַ֣ר ויגהר vaiyigHar way·yiḡ·har wayyiḡhar
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Englishman's Concordance
1 Kings 18:42
HEB: רֹ֤אשׁ הַכַּרְמֶל֙ וַיִּגְהַ֣ר אַ֔רְצָה וַיָּ֥שֶׂם
NAS: of Carmel; and he crouched down on the earth
KJV: of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth,
INT: the top of Carmel crouched the earth and put

2 Kings 4:34
HEB: (כַּפָּ֔יו ק) וַיִּגְהַ֖ר עָלָ֑יו וַיָּ֖חָם
NAS: on his hands, and he stretched himself on him; and the flesh
KJV: upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh
INT: and and his hands stretched and became

2 Kings 4:35
HEB: הֵ֔נָּה וַיַּ֖עַל וַיִּגְהַ֣ר עָלָ֑יו וַיְזוֹרֵ֤ר
NAS: and went up and stretched himself on him; and the lad
KJV: and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child
INT: and forth and went and stretched and sneezed

3 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 1457
3 Occurrences


way·yiḡ·har — 3 Occ.

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