Strong H1517גִּיד

sinew

Transliteration
gîyd
Pronunciation
gheed
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

Probably from H1464; a thong (as compressing); by analogy a tendon: - sinew.

Detailed definition

sinew

In the Bible

Strong H1517 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • sinew6

First verses

  1. Genesis 32:32
    Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.
  2. Job 10:11
    Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
  3. Job 40:17
    He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
  4. Isaiah 48:4
    Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
  5. Ezekiel 37:6
    And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
  6. Ezekiel 37:8
    And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.
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